Painkiller Jane/Darkchylde

    (Event, 1998)
™ and ©1998 Quesada & Palmiotti. Darkchylde ©1998 Randy Queen & Makestic Graphics

Beautiful, scantily-clad young women are being held captive in a castle in an otherworldly place by loincloth-sporting V’Ark, Master of the Nightmare Realm; they have been imprisoned for the purpose of satisfying his every need. Enter Ariel Chylde-a.k.a. Darkchylde, part scantily-clad young woman and part demon, she finds herself in the Nightmare Realm in someone else’s dream and doesn’t know why. Fortunately, gun-for-hire Painkiller Jane’s dreams draw her into the same world, and Jane knows just what to do: kick some serious booty and free the slave-girls.

This entertaining one-shot from Event Comics is written by Brian Augustyn (Flash, X-O Manowar) and drawn by J.G. Jones (Black Widow). It’s well worth the price of admission.
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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1998
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Brian Augustyn, Randy Queen  ·  A: J.G. Jones
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  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Dynamic Forces Chrome Cover A by Joe Quesada
    Oct 1998
    Cover: $29.95
    W: Brian Augustyn  ·  A: J.G. Jones
    2 copies from $2.49
  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    DFE alternate Cover B
    Oct 1998
    Cover: $6.95
    W: Brian Augustyn  ·  A: J.G. Jones
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  • 1/E
    #1 Variation E
    Same cover E as the DFE (1\A) edition but without the DF logo on it
    Nov 1998
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Brian Augustyn, Randy Queen  ·  A: J.G. Jones
    3 copies from $1.25