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1July 2016
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Monstress #1

Image · July 2016 · on sale 2016-07-27

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Identification plate

Series
Monstress (Image, 2016 series)
Issue
#1
Issue title
Awakening
Publication date
July 2016
Key date
2016-07-27
On-sale date
2016-07-27
Indicia publisher
Image Comics
Price
$9.99
Pages
212
Barcode
978163215709650999
ISBN
978-1-63215-709-6
Rating
Rated M / Mature

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Why this issue matters

On the record: British Fantasy Awards - Comic/graphic novel (2017).

On the record: Hugo Award - Best Graphic Story (2017).

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Awakeningcover1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
1-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
2-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
3Chapter Onecomic story66script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
4-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
5Chapter Twocomic story22script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
6-comic story1script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
7-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
8Chapter Threecomic story24script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
9Professor Tam Tamcomic story1script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
10-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
11Chapter Fourcomic story23script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
12Professor Tam Tamcomic story1script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
13-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
14Chapter Fivecomic story23script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
15Professor Tam Tamcomic story2script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
16-illustration1pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda
17Chapter Sixcomic story27script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
18Professor Tam Tamcomic story1script: Marjorie Liu; pencils: Sana Takeda; inks: Sana Takeda; colors: Sana Takeda; letters: Rus Wooton
19Creatorstext article1pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); colors: ? (photographs); letters: typesetMarjorie Liu; Sana Takeda
20The Known Worldillustration2letters: typeset

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Kinokuniya ExclusiveSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Book-A-Million ExclusiveSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Hastings ExclusiveSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Newbury ExclusiveSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Jesse James Comics/Hypno Comics/A Comic Shop ExclusiveSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Dragon's Lair ExclusiveSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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The Chosen
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