Crusades (comics)
| The Crusades | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | June 2001 – December 2002 |
| No. of issues | 21 (Urban Decree one-shot, Crusades #1–20) |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Steven T. Seagle Kelley Jones |
| Written by | Steven T. Seagle |
| Penciller(s) | Kelley Jones |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1: The Knight | ISBN 978-1-60706-288-2 |
The Crusades is an American comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. It was created by writer Steven T. Seagle and artist Kelley Jones.
Publication history
[edit]The series comprises a one-shot special entitled The Crusades: Urban Decree (which introduced the characters and premise) and an ongoing series, simply titled The Crusades which ran in comics cover dated between June 2001 and December 2002.
Plot
[edit]The series was set in a fictionalised San Francisco and featured a large cast of characters whose lives are thrown into disarray by the sudden appearance of a murderous 11th Century knight in the city. Main Characters included Anton Marx, a leftwing political radio "shock jock", his fact checker girlfriend Venus Kostopikas, her friend Detective Addas Petronas and the rival gangsters Tony Quetone and "the Pope".
Collected editions
[edit]Image Comics is releasing the series in two hardcovers:[1]
- Volume 1: The Knight (256 pages, Image Comics, August 2010, ISBN 978-1-60706-288-2) reprinting The Crusades: Urban Decree and The Crusades #1–9
- Volume 2: Dei (256 Pages, Image Comics, February 2011, ISBN 978-1-60706-302-5) reprinting The Crusades #10-20
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Steven T. Seagle and Kelley Jones' "The Crusades" Collected for the First Time by Image". Comic Book Resources. April 28, 2010.
References
[edit]- Crusades at the Grand Comics Database
- Crusades at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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