10 Comic Book Issues Guaranteed To Make You Cry

God Country is the immensely powerful and exceptional debut by comic writer Donny Cates. With art by Geoff Shaw and Jason Wordie, God Country follows the Roy Quinlan and his family, who are dealing with his elderly father Emmett, who is suffering from Alzheimer's.

When a bizarre storm comes along, it leaves their world shattered and also a bizarre, giant talking sword called Valofax, the God of Blades. While Emmett holds Valofax, his faculties are returned to him, and he's able to be the man he was before the horrible disease took his mind and his memories away from him.

Of course, the god-like beings who forged Valofax do not want to let him go.

Ultimately, that is what the story of God Country is ultimately about: the god-beings don't want to let go of their sword or their past, Emmett doesn't want to lose his mind and memories again, and Roy cannot learn to let go off the man he knew and get him the help he really needs.

Despite it's high fantasy trappings, God Country is a masterful, honest and emotional look at Alzheimer's and how horrifying a disease it is, for the ones suffering it, the family of the victim and the world around them.

God Country shares something that feels painfully real, honest and personal, and it hits you right in the feels.