Promethea: Collected: 1 (original 2000; edition 2000)

by Alan Moore (Author), J. H. Williams (Illustrator), Mick Gray (Illustrator)

Series: Promethea (1-6)

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Sophie Bangs was a just an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York when a simple assignment changed her life forever. While researching Promethea, a mythical warrior woman, Sophie receives a cryptic warning to cease her investigations. Ignoring the cautionary notice, she continues her studies and is almost killed by a shadowy creature when she learns the secret of Promethea. Surviving the encounter, Sophie soon finds herself transformed into Promethea, the living embodiment of the imagination. Her trials have only begun as she must master the secrets of her predecessors before she is destroyed by Promethea's ancient enemy. Collects issues #1-6.… (more)

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Title:	Promethea: Collected: 1
Authors:	Alan Moore (Author)
Other authors:	J. H. Williams (Illustrator), Mick Gray (Illustrator)
Info:	Dc Comics (2000), Edition: 01, 200 pages
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Promethea, Volume 1 by Alan Moore (Author) (2000)

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ChrisGreenDog | Dec 18, 2024 |

This was interesting but a bit too hectic for me. (

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spiritedstardust | Dec 29, 2022 |

Re-read, actually. Alan Moore disguises a modern history of magic and mystical thought in the garb of an action-adventure comic, a la Wonder Woman. The story is perfectly in sync with the art by JH Williams and the whole can feel a bit overpowering at times. I'm currently re-reading this series on my way to the fifth volume which I somehow managed to miss. I am looking forward to the experience. (

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adamgallardo | Aug 11, 2021 |

This is definitely one of the more interesting and entertaining reads I have done this year. The tale of Promethea is just starting in this volume, and I can't wait to find the second one. College student Sophia, in an alternate New York discovers she is to be the new Promethea. Moore's storytelling is very good, and the sense of humor he is known for is present as well. The art on this volume is very good as well, bringing alive the worlds of imagination and drawing the reader in. I am glad I discovered this, and I am looking forward to the next one. In fact, I may have to reread it to see what I may have missed the first time around. (

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bloodravenlib | Aug 17, 2020 |

Once it turned into a vehicle for Moore's personal mythotheology, I had to stop reading. Just no. (

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Promethea is perhaps the most pure expression of some of the key themes of writer Alan Moore’s work.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Moore, Alan	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams III, J.H.	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Vess, Charles	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Promethea (1-6)

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America's Best Comics

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Contains

Promethea #01 - The Radiant Heavenly City by Alan Moore

Promethea #02 - The Judgment of Solomon! by Alan Moore

Promethea #03 - Misty Magic Land by Alan Moore

Promethea #04 - A Faerie Romance by Alan Moore

Promethea #05 - No Man's Land by Alan Moore

Promethea #06 - A Warrior Princess by Alan Moore

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Promethea, Volume 1

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2000

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Alexandria, Egypt

New York, New York, USA

The Immateria

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A small voice pleads in the desert,
A dread shadow laughs in the city,
A desperate student writes the truth.

Dedication

To Leah, Amber, and Melinda;

To all my family, all my friends.

To my wife, Wendy, for all her everloving support, inspiration and insightful help in the design of Promethea. The art and my life wouldn't be as good without her. Oh, and for her cookies, I must not forget the cookies! Also to Mick Gray, my friend and colleague, and to the power of the imagination.

The ink that I slapped around on this book is dedicated to all the people who made it possible for me to slap around ink on comic books: J.H. Williams III, Mark McKenna, Dan Vado, Chuck Austen, Frank Cirocco, and the rest of you... [sic.] you know who you are. To my favorite comic book writer, Alan Moore -- THANK YOU! Also, I can't forget my wonderful wife, and assistant, Holly...[sic.] the greatest gal in the world.

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Alexandria, 411 A.D.

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Sophie Bangs was a just an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York when a simple assignment changed her life forever. While researching Promethea, a mythical warrior woman, Sophie receives a cryptic warning to cease her investigations. Ignoring the cautionary notice, she continues her studies and is almost killed by a shadowy creature when she learns the secret of Promethea. Surviving the encounter, Sophie soon finds herself transformed into Promethea, the living embodiment of the imagination. Her trials have only begun as she must master the secrets of her predecessors before she is destroyed by Promethea's ancient enemy. Collects issues #1-6.

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