Hey, what’s up? 

I recently found out that the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender — yup, The Legend of Aang we all grew up with — actually has comic sequels! So of course I immediately started buying them. In this post, I’m going to summarise what happens in the book. That means major spoilers ahead, so don’t read on if you’d rather experience the comics yourself!

But if you’re just curious about what Team Avatar gets up to after the war, and you don’t feel like spending money on the comics, then hey — you’re in the right place. Just a heads up though: there’ll be quite a few posts coming over the next few months… depending on whether the bookstore actually has them in stock. 

Let’s dive into the first one: Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise. It originally comes in three separate books, but I went for the omnibus — basically all three combined into one. Content-wise, it’s the same thing. The only real difference is that the individual books look nicer on a shelf and they come with some behind-the-scenes extras, kind of like credit scenes showing how the artists designed the characters.

Basically, the story focuses on the aftermath of the 100-Year War — all the mess and complicated consequences that follow. There were Fire Nation settlements scattered across the world, and most of them were slowly returning to their homeland. But in the Earth Kingdom, especially in the colony of Yu Dao, things weren’t so simple. The Fire Nation citizens had been living there for generations, building lives and families with the local Earth Kingdom people, and the two communities had basically become one.

This eventually leads to tension — and then a full-on clash — between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei. The two nations are basically on the brink of another war. But, as usual, the Avatar steps in to save the day. Aang manages to get both leaders to sit down and talk things out, and somehow they reach an agreement in the end.

Obviously there’s a lot more that happens in between, but you’ll need to buy the book for that! I’ll just share one thing I found really interesting. Remember Toph, Aang’s earthbending master? She actually opens her own school called the Beifong Metalbending Academy. She starts off with just three students — and yes, they do manage to metalbend by the end!

The comic ends with Zuko meeting Azula and asking for her help to find their mother — and that’s all I’ll say for now. Alrighty, enough spoilers for today! Hope you enjoyed reading this little summary, and I’ll see you again in the next post!

Disclaimer: All pictures in this post were generated by ChatGPT — none of them are taken from the actual comics. I really want to respect the artists’ hard work, so I’m not just going to throw their panels up here. But honestly? Their artwork is stunning. The characters look more mature and polished compared to the TV series. So if you can, definitely consider buying the comics yourself!