The Wretch (Vol. 2)

    (Amaze Ink, 1997-1998)
™ and ©1997 Phil Hester

A mute shadowy figure who leaps to the aid of those in need, the Wretch began as the Creep when Phillip Hester was with Caliber Comics. The name changed and they have since moved to the Amaze Ink branch of Slave Labor Graphics. Caliber Comics published almost two hundred pages of The Wretch in many issues of Negative Burn and a four-issue series of his own in 1996-1997.

The Wretch is a silent figure of justice and help to those who may need it. This black and white has been nominated for the Eisner Award for best new series and deservedly so. Hester’s ability to express his hero’s moods and words in the shape of the eyes or the wave of the hair (and we assume it is hair) is tremendous. The villains are bizarre and unique, as are the methods used to combat them by the Wretch.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jul 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Phil Hester
    Dedicated to Alex Toth and Steve Ditko; B&W
    3 copies from $3.98
  • 2
    #2
    Sep 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Phil Hester
    Dedicated to Alex Toth and Steve Ditko; B&W
    2 copies from $1.49
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 1997
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Paul Tobin, Phil Hester  ·  A: Mike Worley, Phil Hester
    Dedicated to Frank Miller; B&W
    2 copies from $0.85
  • 4
    #4
    May 1998
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Aaron Gillespie, Colin Wales, John Heebink, Phil Hester
    Dedicated to Jack Curtiss; B&W
    2 copies from $2.12
  • 5
    #5
    May 1998
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Andy Brase, Phil Hester
    Dedicated to Will Eisner; B&W
    2 copies from $1.99
  • 6
    #6
    Jul 1998
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Phil Hester
    Dedicated to Stan, Jack, and Steve; B&W
    2 copies from $2.75
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Apr 2003
    Cover: $13.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Phil Hester
    Collects Amaze Ink run #1-6; Everyday Doomsday
    1 copy for $14.98
  • Bk 2
    Book #2
    Jun 2003
    Cover: $13.95
    W: Phil Hester, Jason Caskey, Colin Wales  ·  A: Phil Hester, Mike Worley
    Collects Caliber Press run #1-4; Devil’s Lullaby
    1 copy for $14.98
  • Bk 3
    Book #3
    Cover: $13.95
    W: Phil Hester  ·  A: Phil Hester
    Cradle to Grave
    1 copy for $19.98