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Issue: Foiled #[nn]
Publication Date: May 2010
 
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Publisher: FlagFirst Second
Brand: :01 First SecondView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: First Second
On Sale Date: 04/13/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: 9781596432796
UPC/EAN: 978159643279651599
Price: $18.99 CAD
$15.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?; Colleen AF Venable (design)
Disclose Notes: Book design by Colleen AF Venable
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
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Binding: Squarebound Trade Paperback
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen (dedication); Mike Cavallaro (dedication)
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Aliera; Stephen [Step Hen]
First Line: Foiled
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Pages: 3
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Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Chris Spencer
Inker(s): Chris Spencer
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fencers
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Pages: 2
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[Foiled] 1. Engagement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Aliera's mother
Synopsis: Aliera introduces herself and her curious new bejeweled fencing foil, which her mother found at a household sale.
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Pages: 6
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[Foiled] 2. Invito

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Chris (fencing coach); Stephen [Step Hen]; fencers; Aliera's father
Synopsis: Aliera explains fencing and her fencing success. A swordswoman must be aggressive in the sport, but a defender in life. At the age of sixteen, after five years of fencing, she has far surpassed her teammates and her competition.
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Pages: 14
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[Foiled] 3. Point in Line

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro; Margaux Winchock (Aliera's drawings); Samantha Cavallaro (Aliera's drawings)
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro; Margaux Winchock (Aliera's drawings); Samantha Cavallaro (Aliera's drawings)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Avery; Sally; students; biology teacher
Synopsis: Intently engaged in fencing, Aliera has few connections in school until the start of 10th grade, when she is partnered in biology lab with stunning new student Avery. She is strongly attracted to him, and over the weeks lets down her guard to enjoy being with him. But he is decidedly odd in many ways, and he is extremely popular among the other girls.
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[Foiled] 4. Prise de Fer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera [Xenda of Xenon]; Avery; Aunt Hannah; Cousin Caroline [Queen Furby]; Chris; fencing opponent
Synopsis: Aliera spends Saturday after fencing practice, as she always does, with her wheelchair-bound cousin Caroline. The two enjoy role-playing games, and Aliera tells Caroline about her fencing, including her near-victory over a college player in a match. But when Avery asks her out on her first date, she agrees to break the long-standing engagement with Caroline.
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Pages: 20
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[Foiled] 5. Derobement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Chris (fencing coach); Courtney Aquadro (opponent); Maddi Piatt (opponent)
Synopsis: Aliera does so poorly at fencing practice that coach Chris angrily tells her that while defense is vital, sometimes you have to risk all to win. Storming off, Aliera showers and changes, loads her equipment into her duffel bag, and sets off by subway to meet her date at Grand Central Station.
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Pages: 10
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[Foiled] 6. Lunge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera [Defender Xenda]; subway passersby; strange beings; lady of the Seelie Court; Gridox of the Dark Cloud
Synopsis: Continually pestered by a strange bird as she waits for Avery, a frustrated Aliera finally dons her fencing mask for protection. When she does so she can suddenly see a whole world of supernatural beings within Grand Central Station; moreover, she sees them in color despite being color-blind. A spectacular lady hails her as Defender Xenda. Deciding that a film or video is being made Aliera plays along and challenges the menacing monster Gridox, defending herself with her strange jeweled practice foil.
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Pages: 14
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[Foiled] 7. Parry-Riposte

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Gridox of the Dark Cloud
Synopsis: The masked Aliera uses her foil to fight the monster -- which no one else in Grand Central Station can see.
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Pages: 4
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[Foiled] 8. Counter-Riposte

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Avery; guards; subway passersby; monsters; members of the Seelie Court
Synopsis: Avery tackles Aliera, who to all appearances is waving her foil wildly in Grand Central Station. As they argue, various monsters try to seize her foil, but it only burns them. Avery convinces her to leave the foil and run with him to the lower platforms in flight from the police, whom she can recognize as monsters.
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Pages: 22
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[Foiled] 9. Coupe de Temps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Avery; guards
Synopsis: To escape the guards Aliera leads Avery into the subway tunnel, despite his fear of dark enclosed spaces.
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Pages: 6
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[Foiled] 10. Esquive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Avery
Synopsis: Avery so fixates on the headlight of an approaching train that Aliera has to save him. Rushing to the open lighted space of the station, he pleads with her to let him go. When she agrees, not yet understanding his meaning, he is revealed un-glamoured as a troll, sent by the Unseelie to steal her foil, the jewel of which keeps the worlds in balance. Once a creature of darkness, he has come to love the light, and Aliera tells him to flee to the streets above.
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Pages: 6
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[Foiled] 11. Remise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera; Avery; lady of the Seelie Court
Synopsis: As Aliera rides homeward on the bus she can still see (in color) the residents of the hidden world, including the magnificent lady who first bespoke her, and now returns her foil. The lady explains that Aliera is the Defender, Lady Xenon, and the descendent of Defenders.
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[Foiled] 12. Disengagement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Yolen
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Grace Lu; Ziggy Chen; Alison Wilgus; Erin Finnegan; Chrysoula Artemis-Gomez; Tori Sica
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Aliera; lady of the Seelie Court; Aliera's mother; Aliera's father; monsters; passersby
Synopsis: Home at last, Aliera contemplates her new-found role as the Defender.
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Pages: 9
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Cavallaro
Inker(s): Mike Cavallaro
Colorist(s): Mike Cavallaro
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Foiled
Character(s): Aliera [Lady Xenda]; Caroline
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Disclose Notes: This sequence appears on the back cover.

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