AN OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES! Return to Thra in a time before the Age of Resistance to meet Hup - the breakout star of Netflix s hit Dark Crystal series, who s a Podling cook dreaming of being a Paladin - and who discovers that sometimes it s not good when your wishes come true! One day, the chivalrous bard Barfinnious comes to Hup s village with tales of former glory and charms the Podling into leaving his small town to journey into adventure. But the longer they travel, the more Hup begins to doubt that Barfinnious is truly who he says he is... Based on a story by Jim Henson s Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series writers, Will Matthews & Jeff Addiss, Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield) and French Carlomagno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) present an official prequel to the next chapter of the pop culture phenomenon, now streaming on Netflix. Collects Jim Henson s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance #5-8.