Axa (Ken Pierce)

    (Ken Pierce, 1983)
™ and ©1983 Express Newspapers Ltd.

In 2080, the cream of humanity has been saved from The Great Contamination in a completely controlled environmental dome. But one girl rebels at the antiseptic lifestyle of her friends and family-Axa. Stripping her modern clothing away for torn leather, she leaves the safety of the Domed City and goes out in search of real life.

One of the unique differences between British newspaper adventure strips and American newspaper adventure strips of the late twentieth century is the frequency of near or completely nude female characters: none in America, several in Great Britain. In the First American Edition Series, the Axa strips from London’s Daily Express are reprinted in all their artistic glory. Book One begins the adventure by recounting “The Beginning” and “The Chosen” while Book Two “The Desired” recounts our heroine’s search for survivors beyond the sea.

			Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date:  Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $7.50 No copies available		The Beginning reprints strips 1-120; The Chosen reprints strips 121-240; B&W; ca. 1981	Donne Avenell, Maggie Thompson	Enrique Romero
	#2 Date:  Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $6.00 No copies available		Intro by Catherine Yronwode; The Desired reprints strips 241-479; B&W; ca. 1982	Donne Avenell, Catherine Yronwode	Enrique Romero
	#3 Date:  Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $23.00 No copies available			C.C. Beck, Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	#4 Date:  Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $7.50 No copies available	ISBN on back cover, 0-912277-01-7, is different than what’s on title page: 0-912277-00-9	B&W; ca. 1983	Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	#5 Date:  Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $7.50 No copies available	Back cover: photo of Donne Avenell	B&W; ca. 1984	Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	#6 Date:  12/1/1997 Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $87.00 1 copy available for $84.99		The Dwarfed reprints strips 1199-1317; The Untamed reprints strips 1318-1437; B&W	Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	#7 Date:  Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $205.00 1 copy available for $74.99		B&W; ca. 1985	Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	#8 Date:  12/1/1997 Cover Price:  $5.95 NM Guide Price:  $87.00 No copies available			Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	#9 Date:  Cover Price:  $7.95 NM Guide Price:  $39.00 No copies available		B&W; ca. 1988	Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero
	Graphic Novel #1 Date:  Cover Price:  $7.95 NM Guide Price:  $6.00 No copies available		Ca: 1985; Magazine-sized format; 48 pages	Donne Avenell	Enrique Romero