Way of the Beetle

Way of the Beetle is an American action-fantasy comic book series published by Yellowstone Comics since October 3rd, 2009.

Synopsis
Set in a giant world inhabited by humanoid bugs, a beetle mercenary known as Hiro explores the Six Kingdoms (The Ant Hill, The Hive, The Swarm Empire, The Termite Kingdom, The Bagu Empire and the Evergreen Kingdom) as he befriends a young aspiring ladybug mercenary as they travel across the kingdoms, dealing with monsters, treacherous bugs and other threats,

Main

 * Hiro - a slightly cynical and sarcastic Horned Beetle mercenary who left the Bagu Empire after refusing to kneel to the Shogun as he travels all of the kingdoms, dealing with threats for cash as he has a heart of gold, encountering Viola and deciding to try and train her.
 * Viola - a giddy and energetic ladybug who has idolized mercenaries as she learns of Hiro and begs him to become her mentor as she tries her best to prove herself to Hiro. It's revealed that her father was a legendary mercenary and hero who disappeared as she wants to become a mercenary to be like her father.

Supporting

 * Mira - a friendly yet aging spider who lives in the Evergreen Kingdom as she ran the orphanage that Viola was raised in as she gives Viola her blessing to become a mercenary as she can sometimes bicker with Hiro whenever he crosses paths with her.
 * Queen Helena - the Queen of the Hive who is wise and compassionate but surprisingly young for her age as she tries her best to build an alliance of the kingdoms, encountering Hiro and Viola as she sometimes trusts them on dangerous missions, caring about the safety of her kingdom before anything else.
 * Bumin - a noble bumblebee knight who works directly under the Queen of the Hive as he travels through the Hive helping those he thinks are in need, often crossing paths with Hiro and Viola. He is extremely loyal to the Queen to the point he would be willing to die for the Queen.
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Antagonists

 * Empress Caligula - the sadistic and terrifying Empress of the Swarm Empire and a massive wasp who wants to destroy and take over all of the other kingdoms, plotting an invasion in the shadows, being one of the series' big overarching antagonists. She rarely fights but when she does, she uses her stinger as a sword.
 * Ryuzo - a cold and emotionless mantis who is Hiro's old rival for when he worked in Bagu as he also went rogue for harming innocents as he becomes a mercenary only caring about money as he often clashes with Hiro, having a dangerous rivalry with him.
 * Leopold - a cocky and egotistical but aggressive fire ant who is a bandit lord as he has been robbing from the poor and innocent from all six kingdoms as he soon begins to clash with Hiro and Viola, as he initially sees them as wastes of his time before being beaten by both of them.
 * Willow - a seductive and ruthless black widow spider who is Leopold's second-in-command as she uses her agility and seduction to rob from the poor and innocent as she is somewhat fascinated by Viola, wanting to capture her and train her as her protegee.
 * TBD

Issues

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