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Fallen Angel

    (DC, 2003-2005, 2007)
™ and © DC Comics, Inc.

Maybe it’s just me but Fallen Angel has “pilot for the WB” written all over it. At least I hope so, as she’s no super-hero and with no apparent supernatural elements (yet) there isn’t much here to appeal to the Vertigo crowd.

So what Peter David has here is a crime fighter with a distinctive style of dress, an unlikely street name, and who doesn’t worry that much about money — which to me makes her a TV private eye. Like a lot of them, “Lee” (huh) operates out of a seedy bar full of colorful locals, set in a distinctive locale where she has a playful love/hate relationship with an authority figure.

Of course with Fallen Angel being female, David’s come up with a neat little twist on the genre I just didn’t see coming. Which is helpful since the predictable plot has also been a staple of dozens of TV shows. Still, the job of a first issue is to successfully introduce the concepts and characters and make the reader want to see #2 — and David’s done that and then some.

— S.A. Bennett
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 2003
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    9 copies from $1.25
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Brian Stelfreeze
    Nov 2004
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    1 copy for $1.75
  • 2
    #2
    Oct 2003
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    7 copies from $1.25
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 2003
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    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 4
    #4
    Dec 2003
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    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
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  • 5
    #5
    Jan 2004
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    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 6
    #6
    Feb 2004
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    5 copies from $1.75
  • 7
    #7
    Mar 2004
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    8 copies from $1.25
  • 8
    #8
    Apr 2004
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    7 copies from $1.25
  • 9
    #9
    May 2004
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 10
    #10
    Jun 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    6 copies from $1.75
  • 11
    #11
    Jul 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 12
    #12
    Aug 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 13
    #13
    Sep 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    4 copies from $1.75
  • 14
    #14
    Oct 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    Bagged with promo CD for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    2 copies from $2.98
  • 15
    #15
    Nov 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    3 copies from $1.99
  • 16
    #16
    Dec 2004
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    2 copies from $1.75
  • 17
    #17
    Jan 2005
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    2 copies from $1.75
  • 18
    #18
    Feb 2005
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    3 copies from $1.75
  • 19
    #19
    May 2005
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    Price increase
    3 copies from $1.99
  • 20
    #20
    Jun 2005
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Peter David  ·  A: David López
    Final Issue
    4 copies from $1.75