Violent Messiahs: Genesis

    (Image, 2001)
™ and ©2001 Joshua Dysart

Before finding greater success at Image Comics, the series starring the hooded vigilante known as Citizen Pain—among other such ”violent messiahs“—had much humbler beginnings, self-published by its creators under the Hurricane Entertainment label. This title collects and reprints the original first issue, unpublished pages from the second issue, various covers and promotional pieces from the original and Image series, and also the 1/2 issue first available through “Wizard” magazine. This latter story is chronologically the first in the series, and presents the back story behind the arrival of Detective Cheri Major, the tough-as-nails cop given the thankless assignment of leading a task force to capture Citizen Pain. Thankless not only because of the setting, lawless Rankor Island, but also because the only people who seem to want her to succeed are the criminals themselves.
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#1

December, 2001
Cover Price: $5.95
10 copies available from $1.75 		Joshua DysartTone Rodriguez, William O’Neill
#1 Variation B

December, 2001
Cover Price: $5.95
1 copy available for $5.50 		Joshua DysartTone Rodriguez, William O’Neill