Comic 3: A Hero Reborn

"His name is Gelu. He used to be a Glatorian for the Ice village of Iconox. Then the Skrall attacked the city of Atero.That was when Gelu decided he was ready for a new career. So he quit the arena and hired himself out as an armed guard for caravans crossing the Bara Magna desert. On most days, it was good pay for pretty easy work. This is not one of those days."

- Opening narration

A Hero Reborn was the third comic of the BIONICLE: Glatorian comic series and the third issue released in 2009.

Plot

 * Coming soon. Please be patient.

Credits

 * Greg Farshtey - Writer
 * Pop Mhan - Artist
 * Ulises Arreola - Colorist
 * Rob Clark Jr. - Letterer
 * Toby Dutkiewicz - Art director/designer
 * Jessica Numsuwankijkul - Editor

Characters

 * Ackar - First appearance
 * Click - First appearance
 * Fero
 * Gelu - First appearance
 * Gresh
 * Kiina - First appearance
 * Mata Nui - First appearance in Glatorian form
 * Raanu
 * Strakk - Mentioned only
 * Stronius - First appearance
 * Tarduk
 * Tarix - Mentioned only
 * Tuma
 * Vastus - First appearance

Locations

 * Bara Magna
 * Tesara
 * Roxtus
 * Valley of the Maze - Indirectly mentioned only
 * Vulcanus
 * Wastelands

Objects

 * Flame Sword - First appearance
 * Fire Blade
 * Fire Shield
 * Jungle Shield
 * Kanohi
 * Great Ignika
 * Ice Slicer - First appearance
 * Saw Blade Shield
 * Skrall Sword
 * Thornax
 * Thornax Launcher
 * Thorned Club - First appearance
 * Vapor Trident - First appearance
 * Venom Talon - First appearance

Organizations

 * Agori
 * Bone Hunters
 * Fire Tribe
 * Ice Tribe
 * Jungle Tribe
 * Glatorian
 * Rock Tribe
 * Sand Tribe
 * Scarabax beetles - First appearance
 * Skrall
 * Elite-class Skrall - First appearance
 * Leader-class Skrall
 * Warrior-class Skrall
 * Vorox
 * Water Tribe

Miscellaneous

 * Elements/Elemental Powers
 * Life
 * Sand mite - Mentioned only

Quotes
"Not sure what made that light in the sky...But it just became my favorite thing in the world. Ever."

- Gelu is relieved

"The Glatorian and Agori cannot eat or sleep, as they wait in fear for our next strike. Where will it come? When? These questions torture them. Let them sweat a while longer."

- Tuma schemes

"Ah, I see it now--only a shooting star. Nothing to worry about. After all, how important could it be?"

- Stronius couldn't be more wrong

"The object falling from the sky was known on another world as the Mask of Life--an ancient object of great power. Its journey to Bara Magna has been a long one...and it has just come to an end."

- Narration

Extra Features

 * Comic middle: The Glatorian Legends Are Ready for Battle section discusses summer canister sets 8984 Stronius, 8985 Ackar, 8986 Vastus, 8987 Kiina, 8988 Gelu, and 8989 Mata Nui.
 * Rear cover: Advertisement for BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn movie, arriving on DVD on September 15, 2009.

Continuity

 * This issue revolves around the arrival of Mata Nui on Bara Magna, after his forcibly-imposed exile from the Matoran Universe in 2008's Comic 15: Mata Nui Rising.
 * Page 1 references the fall of the city Atero, which occurred last issue.
 * On page 12, Tarduk refers to a journey he made up north. These events occurred in the online serial Riddle of the Great Beings.
 * On page 16, newcomer Kiina criticizes Raanu for his caution, reminding him that Ackar recently saved the entire village of Vulcanus. This event occurred in the parallel novel BIONICLE: Raid on Vulcanus.
 * At the end of the comic, the Mask of Life creates a humanoid body from scratch for a second time, after having done so in Comic 12: Realm of Fear.

Errors

 * One page 12, one of Gresh's dialogue bubbles points off-panel, instead of coming from the character himself in-panel.

Trivia

 * The cover of A Hero Reborn was later re-used as the cover image for the graphic novel collection BIONICLE 9: The Fall of Atero.