The Red Star is Sci-Fi/Fantasy comic based in a country highly analogous culturally and geographically to the Soviet Union of the latter half of the twentieth century. “The United Republics of the Red Star” occupies a similar place on the world map as the real life U.S.S.R.. Their enemy at the beginning of the book, Al’Istaan, occupies the same area as Afghanistan. The military uniforms are similar, many of the character names are Russian in origin, and some of the mystical elements have their roots in Russian lore. The military forces of the U.R.R.S. have fully incorporated magic into their arsenal of weapons, providing power sources, energy beams of massive power, shields, and teleportational gates among other effects. Sorcerers, called “Warkasters”, have their own corps within the command structure, though they are usually integrated with either aircraft or infantry troops when going into battle. Spells, called “protocols”, are “kast” with extreme military precision.
