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Issue: Lore Olympus #2
Publication Date: January 2022
 
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Publisher: FlagRandom House
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Indicia Publisher: Del Rey
On Sale Date: 07/06/2022
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Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780593356081
UPC/EAN: 978059335608152100
Price: $28.00 CAD
$21.00 USD
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Content Items: 64 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bekah Caden (original WEBTOON editor); Annie LaHue (original WEBTOON editor); Edwin Vazquez (book design)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 7 in. x 9 in.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: softcover; glossy cover; cardstock cover
Publishing Format: collected edition with some new material
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Hades; Persephone
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Lore Olympus
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Lore Olympus
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To Eunice Yooni Kim
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Lore Olympus regularly deals with scenes of physical and mental abuse, sexual trauma, and toxic relationships.
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You Called, You Answered
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Lore Olympus
Hades; Persephone
Hello?
Late at night, each alone, Hades and Persephone finally connect by phone. She breaks down upon realizing that he recognizes her innate melancholy.
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Hades; Persephone
Episode 27: Deal
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Hades; Persephone
Persephone?
Hades and Persephone continue their conversation, edgily becoming more personal and self-revealing.
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Hades; Persephone
Episode 28: Awkward Silence
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Lore Olympus
Hades; Persephone; Artemis; Demeter (in flashback)
It's just...
Hades reluctantly explains why he has never married. A suspicious Artemis discovers from Persephone's phone that she has spent most of the night talking with Hades.
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Episode 29: Thunder
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Zeus; Hera
No. No. No.
Zeus hopes that the Hades-Persephone relationship will develop well, but a furious Hera believes that the three brothers see her only as an amusement. Wondering if she is not giving Hades enough credit, she resolves to test him.
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Hera; Persephone
Snap!
Hera assigns Persephone as an Olympus-to-Underworld intern, working directly for Hades. Persephone is horrified, since she revealed so much personal detail to him, and has no relevant skills.
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Episode 31: A Treat for Being a Fool
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Hera; Persephone; Hades; Aprhodite
There must be some mistake.
Hera brushes aside Persephone's terrified objections. Hades confronts Aphrodite about the original prank played on Persephone.
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Episode 32: Small
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Lore Olympus
Hades; Aphrodite
Sip
Hades upbraids Aphrodite for having tried to punish Hades by using and embarrassing the innocent Persephone.
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Episode 33: Your Royal Majesty
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Hades; Minthe; Persephone
Are you ready?
Hecate excoriates Hades for his behavior, since a tabloid scandal publication has (falsely) headlined (the as yet unidentified) Persephone as a new paramour for Hades.
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Episode 34: Mind the Gap
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Hades; Hecate; Persephone; classmates
She's what!!!???
Learning that while he is over 2000 years old, Persephone is only 19, Hades resolves to keep away from her. Persephone's new college classmates are terrified of her, believing her to be the concubine of the death god.
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Episode 35: The Meal Ticket
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Hades; Minthe; Hecate
You look concerned.
Hades tries to get in touch with Persephone to warn her about the tabloid piece. Minthe, who has until recently been Hades' paramour, sees the article and becomes enraged.
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Episode 36: Smarty Pants
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Hades; Minthe; classmates; Persephone; Cerberus; Apollo
I see why you ghosted me all weekend!
Minthe and Hades try to discuss their relationship. Persephone does very well as she starts college, but is shocked when her classmates tell her about the tabloid story. Apollo insists on picking her up and driving her home, with the idea of having more sex. He is thunderstruck when she tells him that she didn't enjoy having sex with him, and won't do it again. Their interaction becomes angry until Cerberus stops the car, threatening Apollo.
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Episode 37: A Prince in Dark Velvet
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Persephone; Cerberus; Apollo; classmates; Hades
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Persephone calms Cerberus, but even when the dog is exercising restraint, his hostility toward Apollo gives her the opportunity to leave Apollo's car. Persephone shares her lunch with Cerberus, and they enjoy a quiet picnic together. Hades is puzzled when his dog returns home wearing a garland of flowers.
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Apollo; Artemis; Persephone; Minthe; Thanatos
Ugh, I feel so nervous.
Apollo is at Persephone's apartment in the morning, and even tries to restrain her physically when she leaves for work without talking with him. The arrival of the unsuspecting Artemis breaks this up, and Persephone sets off for her first day of work in the Underworld.
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Hades; Minthe; Persephone; Thanatos
Hey, boss, how's it --
Persephone reports to Hades' office to begin her internship, but Minthe steers her to Tartarus, where she is menaced by the dead. Alarms signal a security breach.
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Episode 40: Hide and Sneak
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Hades; Persephone
Crash!
Hades rushes to deal with the breach, and is shocked to find Persephone being strangled by one of the shades. He rescues her, quells the shades, and takes Persephone to his home.
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Hades; Persephone; Hecate; Thanatos; Minthe
What are they --
Hades takes Persephone to his home to recover. Minthe's fury grows.
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Episode 42: The Way She Looked at Me
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Hades; Persephone
Every time she's around me, she ends up getting hurt.
Besotted though he is with Persephone, Hades concludes that it's not good for her to be around him. Persephone offers to play a game of chess -- if she wins, Hades will allow her to perform her internship. If he wins, she will accept his dismissal.
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Hades; Persephone; Hecate; Minthe; Thanatos
If we do this, do you agree to accept the outcome?
Persephone wins her chess game, and Hades introduces her to his staff as a new intern.
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Hades; Persephone; Minthe; Apollo
Oh my gods!
Minthe is furious over the presence of Persephone, and Apollo is angrily possessive of Persephone.
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Minthe; Hades
Groan!
Hades tries to talk himself out of his "crush" on Persephone. Minthe appears at his door in tears.
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Minthe; Hades
Why is he doing this?
Minthe is on the verge of a breakdown at the thought of marriage with Hades, AND at the point of a breakdown at the thought of breaking up with him.
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Hades; Persephone; Minthe; Hestia; Artemis; gorgons
Dear Persephone,E
Minthe spends the night with Hades. As part of his ongoing therapy Hades types a letter (never to be mailed) to Persephone, confessing his love for her, along with his concern that her being with him is not good for her. Hades and Minthe agree to give their relationship another try. Hestia upbraids Persephone and demands the coat that Persephone received from Hades. Hades hires the gorgons to find and capture the paparazzo who photographed him and Persephone together. Persephone surreptitiously keeps a hairpin that Hades had given her.
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Chapter 48: Sissss
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Gorgons; Persephone; Alex (minotaur) (paparazzo); Tori (minotaur) (classmate)
Ugh, this is so boring!
The gorgons capture the paparazzo. Persephone meets one of her classmates in order to tutor him.
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Episode 49: An Eye for an Eye
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Hades; Hecate; Alex (paparazzo)
So...
Hades and Hecate terrorize the captive paparazzo.
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This chapter takes place before Persephone's coat was confiscated by Hestia.
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Apollo; Hestia; Persephone; Hermes
Why, Hestia, fancy running into you.
The jealous Apollo visits Hestia and, through innuendo, convinces her that Persephone has been carousing with Hades.
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According to Rachel Smythe's note, this material was originally placed before the confiscation of the coat in Episode 47.
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Praise for the Lore Olympus Series

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