Anybody who watched and loved the unique Avatar: The Final Airbender has a selected villain that’s their favourite, and for a lot of, that baddie is Zuko’s sister Azula. The princess of the Hearth Nation was stays fairly intimidating even right this moment, and is a part of one of many present’s finest moments.

It’s been awhile since she’s been featured within the comics, however later this 12 months, she’ll be headlining a graphic novel of her personal. Azula within the Spirit Temple was revealed formally final 12 months, however Screenrant just lately revealed the guide’s launch date on September 26 and 27. Written by Religion Erin Hicks and drawn by Peter Wartman, it’ll decide up the place 2016’s Smoke & Shadow left off, together with her on the run after attempting to groom Zuko into a greater Hearth Lord in her personal, bizarre manner. When a mission together with her followers doesn’t go as deliberate, Azula winds up in a forest temple inhabited by a single monk.

“What first looks as if a spot to securely go the night time is shortly revealed to be one thing horrifyingly completely different,” reads Darkish Horse’s description. “Azula is compelled to confront her previous and can lastly face her probability at redemption…however will she take it?”

The Azula comedian continues a development of standalone centered on particular Final Airbender characters. Joined by collection author Tim Hedrick, Hicks and Wartman beforehand labored on graphic novels centered on Katara, Toph Beifong, and Suki in 2020 and 2021. These have all been fairly good and captured the spirit of the present fairly properly, and it’s uncertain that development will finish with Azula’s. What’ll be fascinating to see, although, is that if Azula will get the redemption story that some followers have thought she deserved—in any case, if her brother and uncle did, there’s no rule saying she will be able to’t—or if she’ll simply embrace that she’s evil as hell and maintain menacing her household.

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Avatar: Azula in the Spirit Temple releases on September 26 for bookstores and September 27 for comic shops.

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