Comic 12: Realm of Fear

"Tahu! Gali! Kopaka! Onua! Pohatu! Lewa! These six heroes are united by destiny to save the universe from the threat of the Brotherhood of Makuta and awaken the Great Spirit Mata Nui! Together, they are the Toa Nuva!"

- Narration

Realm of Fear was the twelfth issue of the relaunched BIONICLE Ignition comic series and the first comic in the Battle for Power sub-series. It was packaged with the March/April 2008 edition of the LEGO Club Magazine, and was later collected as part of the graphic novel BIONICLE 7: Realm of Fear. It was published by DC Comics and LEGO. This comic saw the Toa Nuva travel to Karda Nui to fight the Brotherhood of Makuta.

Plot

 * This section is undergoing construction. Please be patient.

Credits

 * Greg Farshtey - Writer
 * Leigh Gallagher - Artist
 * Ulises Arreola - Colorist
 * SwandS - Letterer
 * Toby Dutkiewicz - Art Director/Design
 * Jessica Numsuwankijkul - Editor

Characters

 * Antroz - First appearance
 * Chirox - First appearance
 * Gali - Mentioned only
 * Gavla - First appearance
 * Icarax - First appearance
 * Kirop - First appearance
 * Mata Nui - Mentioned only
 * Matoro - Mentioned only
 * Onua - Mentioned only
 * Photok - First appearance
 * Radiak - First appearance
 * Solek - First appearance
 * Tahu - Mentioned only
 * Tanma - First appearance
 * Teridax - Indirectly mentioned
 * Toa Ignika - First appearance
 * Vamprah - First appearance

Locations

 * Destral - First appearance
 * Karda Nui - First appearance
 * Stalactite Villages - First appearance
 * Swamp of Secrets - First appearance
 * Matoran Universe - Mentioned only

Objects

 * Adaptive Armor - First appearance
 * Kanohi
 * Great Avsa - First appearance
 * Great Jutlin - First appearance
 * Great Kraahkan
 * Great Shelek - First appearance
 * Legendary Ignika - First appearance as Toa Ignika
 * Powerless Akaku
 * Powerless Avsa
 * Powerless Jutlin
 * Powerless Kakama
 * Powerless Miru
 * Powerless Shelek
 * Kanohi Nuva
 * Akaku Nuva - Sky-adapted form
 * Kakama Nuva - Sky-adapted form
 * Miru Nuva - Sky-adapted form
 * Kraata
 * Shadow Leeches - First appearance
 * Lightvine - First appearance
 * Power Swords - First appearance
 * Toa Tools
 * Air Saber - First appearance
 * Blizzard Blade - First appearance
 * Lifeblade - First appearance
 * Midak Skyblaster - First appearance
 * Skyboard - First appearance
 * Twin Propellers - First appearance
 * Tridax Pods - First appearance

Organizations

 * Brotherhood of Makuta
 * Great Spirit - Mentioned only
 * Makuta
 * Matoran
 * Av-Matoran
 * Toa
 * Toa of Air
 * Toa of Ice
 * Toa of Shadow - Mentioned only
 * Toa of Stone

Miscellanea

 * Destiny
 * Elements/Elemental Powers
 * Air
 * Ice - Mentioned only
 * Light
 * Shadow
 * Stone
 * Protosteel
 * Treespeak

Quotes
"Well, I don't see any Toa around. Do you, Solek? We're on our own here--like we've always been--and we'll stand or fall on our own. And it's going to be "fall" if those monsters get any closer!"

- Tanma

"Let them try to run! Where can they hide? What shadow can conceal them, when the darkness belongs to us?"

- Makuta Antroz

"Trickery, plots, and schemes will not defeat Toa Nuva...only power will do that. And I am power. I will go to Karda Nui and save my brothers from dirtying their claws in battle. Then we will see who leads the Brotherhood of Makuta...Oh yes...then we shall see indeed."

- Makuta Icarax

Extra Features

 * Comic middle: Masters of Mutation! section discusses the Mutran and Vican winter titan set; Master of Shadow! section discusses the Makuta Icarax winter titan set.
 * Rear cover: Advertisement for the Toa Ignika winter titan set.

Continuity

 * This issue sees the return of the Toa Nuva to the forefront of the main BIONICLE storyline, as they travel to Karda Nui to finally awaken Mata Nui, a quest they have been on for the last eight years of comics.
 * Tahu, Gali, and Onua are all mentioned, but do not appear in this issue. Instead, their appearance is saved for the next comic.
 * This issue also sees the first appearance of other Makutas, all of whom are part of the Brotherhood of Makuta, an organization which has been discussed in other media for the previous couple years and now makes its first appearance.
 * Kraata also return for the first time since 2003's Comic 15: Secrets and Shadows; the Shadow Leeches which the Makuta use to convert Matoran of Light into Shadow Matoran are actually a type of mutated Kraata.

Trivia

 * This was the first BIONICLE comic which Leigh Gallagher illustrated for LEGO. His tenure with the company would be brief, lasting only for the four issues of 2008's Battle for Power sub-series.