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Issue: Lore Olympus #6
Publication Date: May 2024
 
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Pages: 436
ISBN: 9780593599099
UPC/EAN: 9780593599099
Price: $28.00 CAD
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Content Items: 65 (26 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Christina Anton
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Color: color
Dimensions: 7 in. x 9 in.
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Binding: softcover; glossy cover; cardstock cover
Publishing Format: collected edition with some new material
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Hecate
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Lore Olympus
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Lore Olympus
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To Ben
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Lore Olympus regularly deals with themes of physical and mental abuse, sexual trauma, and toxic relationships.
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Episode 127: Artistic Rendition

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Hades; Persephone
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Episode 127: Artistic Rendition

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fantasy
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Hades; Poseidon; Zeus; Thetis; Minthe; Thanatos
Beep beep
Hades and Poseidon argue with Zeus, but he insists on pressing ahead to hunt Persephone down and punish her severely. Minthe, Thetis, and Thanatos celebrate.
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Episode 128: Overgrown (Part 1)

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Episode 128: Overgrown (Part 1)

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Hades; Persephone; Hecate; rescue workers
Oh no!
Hades finds Persephone unconscious, with her powers out of control, and in danger of a years-long hibernation.
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Episode 129: Overgrown (Part 2)

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Episode 129: Overgrown (Part 2)

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Hades; Persephone; Hecate; rescue workers; motel clerk (flashback)
Oh, Frederick, I can't believe you've been alive this whole time!
In flashback, Persephone takes a motel room, then escapes when her arrest order is blazoned. In the present she responds to Hades and regains enough control that Hecate and the rescue workers can safely leave.
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Episode 130: The Guest

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Episode 130: The Guest

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Hades; Persephone; Eros
Hades. I can explain.
Hades assures Persephone that he is not angry with her. Eros comes for a visit. Hades asks Persephone to explain the act of wrath from her own point of view.
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Episode 131: Interview with the Barley Mother

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Episode 131: Interview with the Barley Mother

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Hades; Persephone; nymphs (in flashback); mortal farmers (in flashback)
My truth?
Persephone explains that she was born with a powerful and dangerous "feeling" which sometimes gains ascendancy over her. When mortal farmers began killing flower nymphs and knocked her to the ground when she remonstrated, Persephone became enraged.
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Episode 132: Handkerchief

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Episode 132: Handkerchief

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Hades; Persephone; mortal farmers
I don't really remember doing it.
Persephone explains that she killed the mortal who knocked her down. She then involuntarily grew to fifty feet tall, accidentally killing others as she clumsily tried to help them as they fled in panic.
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Episode 133: Wealth

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Episode 133: Wealth

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Hades; Persephone; Kronos; Rhea; Zeus; Poseidon; Hermes
Is this better?
In his own flashback, Hades relates being taken from his loving mother (Rhea) by his father (Kronos). Kronos swallowed him, keeping him in the dark alone for 13 years, when Zeus and Poseidon rescued him. Hades then began many years of struggle to recover -- physically, emotionally, mentally, and psychologically. As Hades concludes, Hermes arrives in search of Persephone.
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Episode 134: Maybe She's Both?

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Episode 134: Maybe She's Both?

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Hades; Persephone; Hermes; Minthe; Thanatos
Is that how it's going to be?
Hermes, remorseful, agrees to leave without taking Persephone into custody. Persephone insists on accompanying Hades to the office, using the Cloak of Invisibility. Minthe throws herself at the disdainful Hades. Thanatos sees Hades and Persephone together and recognizes how much trouble will be coming to the conspirators.
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Episode 135: Muted

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Episode 135: Muted

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Hades; Persephone; Zeus; Hera; Athena; Hestia; Ares; Aphrodite; Poseidon; Artemis; Hermes
No.
Zeus calls an on-line meeting of Olympians and demands that either Hades deliver Persephone or Persephone turn herself in. Enraged at Zeus's violent threats, Hades cuts off communication. Later that afternoon, Persephone coaxes Hades to join her in the swimming pool.
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Episode 136: Not Mistaken

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Episode 136: Not Mistaken

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Hades; Persephone; Hera
I really don't mind if you're on this side.
Hera visits Persephone, explaining that while her visions are always true, they are often difficult to understand. Persephone confirms that Hera's vision of Persephone was true. Hera intends to go to Zeus, but Persephone begs Hera to keep the matter secret.
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Episode 137: Trust

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Episode 137: Trust

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Hades; Persephone; Hera
But Persephone.
Finding out that Apollo has degrading photos of Persephone, Hera agrees to take action, while remaining completely discreet.
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Episode 138: Shiny Rocks

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Episode 138: Shiny Rocks

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Hades; Persephone; Zeus; Hermes; Minthe; Thanatos
You're going to love this.
Hoping to help Persephone let off some steam, Hades teaches her a magical form of golf. Zeus fears that Persephone may in fact be a powerful fertility goddess and places Hermes under house arrest for his complicity in the coverup. Thanatos warns Minthe that Hades is no longer interested in her.
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Episode 139: Up Too Close

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Eppisode 139: Up Too Close

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Hades; Persephone; Echo; Apollo; Daphne; Thanatos
Hey, I'm home.
Despite a warning from Echo, Daphne goes on a date with Apollo. Finding him obsessed both with Persephone and with his own whims, she slips away, encountering Thanatos. Persephone admits to herself that she is falling in love with Hades.
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Episode 140: Pretzel

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Episode 140: Pretzel

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Hades; Persephone; Hera; Echo; Daphne; Thanatos
Thanks for hanging with me.
Daphne and Thanatos share soft pretzels, and she challenges him as to why Persephone's status is so important to him. Hades gives Persephone a new phone. Hera and Echo find the motel in which Persephone tried to hide.
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Episode 141: Bad Duck

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Episode 141: Bad Duck

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Hades; Persephone; Hera; Echo; Hephaestus; Cerberus; desk clerk (satyr)
You're much too big for this bed, but that's okay.
Hera and Echo find the motel clerk auctioning Persephone's belongings online. Hera confiscates the belongings and turns the clerk into a duck. Taking the SIM card from Persephone's phone, she reviews the photos with which Apollo threatens Persephone. Appalled at what she finds, she calls her son Hephaestus for help.
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Episode 142: Second Son

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Episode 142: Second Son

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Hades; Persephone; Hera; Hephaestus; Aetna (AI); Artemis
Mom.
Hera and her son Hephaestus have an awkward meeting in which she hands over Persephone's SIM card. Hephaestus and Aetna begin work on purging illicit photos of Persephone, all the way back to their origin in Apollo's phone. Persephone phones Artemis, telling her without specifics that she hates Apollo. Persephone asks Hades to take her shopping as promised.
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Episode 143: You Want It? You Got It.

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Episode 143: You Want It? You Got It

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Hades; Persephone; Aetna; Apollo; Hermes; store clerks
Woooow!
Hades shows Persephone that her supernaturally created tree is still thriving, even in the Underworld. After hesitation, and with encouragement from Hades, she begins a shopping spree. Apollo is puzzled by his phone's malfunction, not knowing that Aetna is attacking his files.
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Episode 144: Retail Therapy

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Episode 144: Retail Therapy

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Perspehone...
Hades and Persephone strive to find a balance of passion that is comfortable for Persephone.
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Episode 145: Heirs

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Episode 145: Heirs

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Demeter; Hecate; Ouranos; Gaia; Kronos; Rhea; Zeus; Metis
Why did I get involved?
Hoping for shelter, the fugitive Demeter sneaks into Hecate's home. She explains that for three generations, godly beings have exploited the power of fertility goddesses in order to overthrow their fathers and seize power. She is afraid that Persephone, if recognized as a fertility goddess, will suffer the same fate. Hecate opines that neither of Zeus's sons would want to supplant him. But they overlook Apollo.
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Episode 146: Archers

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Episode 146: Archers

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Eros; Ampeulus; Apollo; Artemis
Sigh.
Apollo barges in as Eros gives Ampelus an archery lesson. Artemis arrives to confront her brother.
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Episode 147: Pariah

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Episode 147: Pariah

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Eros; Ampelus; Apollo; Artemis; Leto
Eros, back off!
Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis, intervenes in their quarrel, insisting that Artemis must believe her brother, who smooth-talks his way past any criticisms.
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Episode 148: Daydreams and Nightmares

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Episode 148: Daydreams and Nightmares

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Hades; Persephone; Kronos
Kore!
Hades has a nightmare that his father Kronos has consumed Persephone. Persephone comforts him in his terror, taking his trauma seriously. Kronos explores a possible route out of Tartarus.
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Episode 149: Dead Woman Walking (Part 1)

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Episode 149: Dead Woman Walking (Part 1)

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Minthe; Hades; Zeus; Poseidon; Thetis; landlord
Where is she?
In flashback, Minthe recalls her dysfunctional first interactions with Hades.
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Episode 150: Dead Woman Walking (Part 2)

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Episode 150: Dead Woman Walking (Part 2)

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Fuck the royals and that fish bitch who was with them.
Minthe's flashback continues, recalling how she first came to work for Hades.
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Episode 151: Dead Woman Walking (Part 3)

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Episode 151: Dead Woman Walking (Part 3)

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Minthe; Thetis; Daphne; Thanatos; Hades
Welcome to my guest class, everyone!
At Daphne's exercise class, Minthe sees that Thanatos has become Daphne's friend. Other class members upbraid Minthe for not facing the reality that Hades has moved on from Minthe to Persephone. Thetis breaks off her relationship with Minthe, "until things have had a chance to settle." Later, Hades asks Minthe to meet with him.
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Episode 152: Green Thumb

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Episode 152: Green Thumb

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Hades; Persephone; Minthe
Okay, um, would you like a drink?
Hades tells Minthe that having the two of them work in close proximity is not working out. He offers a higher position within the organization, but in a different building. The incensed Minthe spews invective, revealing that she had informed on Persephone and Demeter. Taking revenge for her mother, the enraged Persephone transforms Minthe into a plant.
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Behind-the-Scenes Sketches and Commentary for Lore Olympus

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While every chapter of Lore Olympus is fulfilling in its own way, I loved creating these episodes because of the many emotional moments in this arc of the story.
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About the Author

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Rachel Smythe is the creator of the Eisner-winning Lore Olympus, published via Webtoon.
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Praise for the Lore Olympus Series

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Back cover. Includes blurbs from Booklist, Beth Revis, Kami Garcia, Meg Cabot, and P. C. Cast.

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