Serenity
(Dark Horse, 2005-2007, 2010, 2012)
™ and ©2005 Universal Studios Licensing
Some truly wonderful things have sprung from the mind of Joss Whedon, perhaps the most important at this point being the seven year run of television’s underappreciated Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. It was less clear at the time of its cancellation whether short-lived Firefly belonged in this same category. Firefly’s quirky mélange of western and science fiction bore no resemblance to anything else on television at the time of its run, but managed to earn tentative critical praise and a small but devoted fan base. Whedon’s passion for the Firefly project and the commercial success of the series’ post-cancellation DVD release gave the franchise new life with the hotly-anticipated Fall 2005 release of the feature film Serenity.
Dark Horse released this three issue series co-written by Whedon with Brett Matthews to bridge the events bridging the end of the television series to the movie. Each issue has three variant covers that capture all nine members of the Serenity crew. Whedon put quip-laden dialog front and center and puckishly had the crew’s curse words rendered in Chinese characters without translation. This series functions not so much as an introduction for newbies, but as an appetite whetter for further adventures of the Serenity crew.
— Leland Burrill
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Sep 2010
Cover: $1.00
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
1st appearance of Book; 1st appearance of Inara; 1st appearance of Jayne; 1st appearance of Kaylee; 1st appearance of Malcolm Reynolds; 1st appearance of River; 1st appearance of Simon; 1st appearance of Wash; 1st appearance of Zoe; 28 pages; Takes place between TV series & ’’Serenity’’ movie
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Mal Cover A by John Cassaday
Jun 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
1st appearance of Book; 1st appearance of Book (in comics); 1st appearance of Inara; 1st appearance of Inara (in comics); 1st appearance of Jayne; 1st appearance of Jayne (in comics); 1st appearance of Kaylee; 1st appearance of Kaylee (in comics); 1st appearance of Malcolm Reynolds; 1st appearance of Malcolm Reynolds (in comics); 1st appearance of River; 1st appearance of River (in comics); 1st appearance of Simon; 1st appearance of Simon (in comics); 1st appearance of Wash; 1st appearance of Wash (in comics); 1st appearance of Zoe; 1st appearance of Zoe (in comics); 28 pages; Takes place between TV series & ’’Serenity’’ movie
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Jayne Cover B by Bryan Hitch
Jun 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
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Inara Cover C by J.G. Jones
Jul 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
1st appearance of Book; 1st appearance of Book (in comics); 1st appearance of Inara; 1st appearance of Inara (in comics); 1st appearance of Jayne; 1st appearance of Jayne (in comics); 1st appearance of Kaylee; 1st appearance of Kaylee (in comics); 1st appearance of Malcolm Reynolds; 1st appearance of Malcolm Reynolds (in comics); 1st appearance of River; 1st appearance of River (in comics); 1st appearance of Simon; 1st appearance of Simon (in comics); 1st appearance of Wash; 1st appearance of Wash (in comics); 1st appearance of Zoe; 1st appearance of Zoe (in comics); 28 pages; Takes place between TV series & ’’Serenity’’ movie
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Cover D by Sean Phillips
Jul 2007
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
Reprints Serenity #1; Digest-size
No copies available
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Book Cover A by Tim Bradstreet
Jul 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
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Kaylee Cover B by Jo Chen
Jul 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
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Zoe Cover C by Joe Quesada
Jul 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
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Simon Cover A by Leinil Francis Yu
Sep 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
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Wash Cover B by Sean Phillips
Sep 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
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River Cover C by Joshua Middleton
Sep 2005
Cover: $2.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
No copies available
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Includes pin-ups of cover variants
Jan 2006
Cover: $9.95
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Nathan Fillion · A: Will Conrad, John Cassaday, Joe Quesada, Tim Bradstreet, Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Jo Chen, Leinil Francis Yu, Joshua Middleton, Sean Phillips
Collects #1-3 of series; Introduction by Nathan Fillion
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Hardcover Edition with cover by Adam Hughes
Nov 2007
Cover: $19.95
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Nathan Fillion · A: Will Conrad, John Cassaday, Joe Quesada, Tim Bradstreet, Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Jo Chen, Leinil Francis Yu, Joshua Middleton, Sean Phillips
Collects Serenity #1-3; Introduction by Nathan Fillion; Joss Whedon pre-production memo for the film“Serenity"text piece with pre-production art designs follows story
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Hardcover Edition with cover by Adam Hughes
Jun 2012
Cover: $19.95
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad, John Cassaday, Joe Quesada, Tim Bradstreet, Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Jo Chen, Leinil Francis Yu, Joshua Middleton, Sean Phillips
Collects Serenity #1-3
No copies available
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Hardcover Edition with cover by Adam Hughes
Cover: $17.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad, John Cassaday, Joe Quesada, Tim Bradstreet, Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Jo Chen, Leinil Francis Yu, Joshua Middleton, Sean Phillips
Collects Serenity #1-3; ca. 2011
No copies available
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Hardcover Edition with cover by Adam Hughes
Oct 2005
Cover: $17.99
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Nathan Fillion · A: Will Conrad, John Cassaday, Joe Quesada, Tim Bradstreet, Bryan Hitch, J.G. Jones, Jo Chen, Leinil Francis Yu, Joshua Middleton, Sean Phillips
Collects #1-3 of series
No copies available
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Jul 2007
W: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews · A: Will Conrad
Joss Whedon’s Serenity preview
No copies available