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Issue: Promethea #1

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Publication Date: August 1999

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Issues: #1 of 32 Issues (33 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Alex Ross Cover

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Publisher: Flag

Brand: America's Best Comics

Indicia Publisher: America's Best Comics, LLC

On Sale Date: 06/02/1999

Volume: none

Pages: 44

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 76194122058100111

Price: $5.50 CAD
$3.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
3 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Scott Dunbier (Editor); Eric DeSantis (Assistant Editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy Paper

Binding: Saddle-Stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing series

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Variants2

Promethea #1 [J. H. Williams III / Mick Gray Cover]

Promethea #1 [Alex Ross Cover]

Reprinted In4

1 Content Item
- If She Did Not Exist, We Would Have to Invent Her [Illustration on Cover, Front]0

reprinted 3 times as/in other Issues.

1 Content Item
- If She Did Not Exist, We Would Have to Invent Her [Illustration on Cover, Front]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

If She Did Not Exist, We Would Have to Invent Her

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Alex Ross

Inker(s): Alex Ross

Colorist(s): Alex Ross

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero

Feature(s): Promethea

Character(s): Promethea

Reprinting

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Promethea #1 published May 2000

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Promethea #1 published ?

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Promethea #1 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Promethea #1 published October 2000
as If she did not exist, we would have to invent her [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Radiant, Heavenly City

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero

Character(s): Sophie Bangs; Stacia Van De Veer; Barbara Shelley; Weeping Gorilla (comic book); Hypatia (mentioned); Charlton Sennet; Anna (Sennet's housemaid); Margaret Taylor Case; Grace Branagh; William Woolcott; Steve Shelley; The Five Swell Guys; Kenneth (psychic); Marv (genius); Roger (muscle); Bob (leader); Stan (mechanic); Smee; Promethea [Barbara Shelley]; Thoth-Hermes; Promethea [original]; Promethea [Sophie Bangs]

Synopsis: Sophie tries to interview Barbara Shelley about Promethea, but Barbara refuses. A Smee attacks Sophie and Promethea briefly rescues her. Promethea reverts to Barbara who tells Sophie to imagine herself Promethea or they will both die. Sophie writes a poem and becomes Promethea in time to stop the Smee. In addition, a small girl in Roman Alexandria becomes the first Promethea.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 32

The Promethea Puzzle: An Adventure in Folklore

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero

Character(s): Charlton Sennet; Margaret Taylor Case; Grace Branagh; William Woolcott; Steve Shelley; Promethea

Synopsis: Sophie's essay about the history of Promethea in folklore.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2