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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1999
Cover Price 3.50 USD; 5.50 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Scott Dunbier (Editor); Eric DeSantis (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details - "If She Did Not Exist, We Would Have to Invent Her"

Characters Promethea
Genre Occult; Fantasy; superhero
Pencils Alex Ross
Inks Alex Ross
Colors Alex Ross
Letters Todd Klein

Cover Details - "If She Did Not Exist... ...We Would Have to Invent Her."

Characters Promethea
Genre Occult; Fantasy; superhero
Pencils J.H. Williams III (signed)
Inks Mick Gray (signed)
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Todd Klein

32 page Promethea story "The Radiant, Heavenly City"

Characters Sophie Bangs; Stacia Van De Veer; Barbara Shelley; Weeping Gorilla (comic book); Hypatia (mentioned); Charlton Sennet; Anna (Sennet's housemaid); Margaret Taylor Case; Grace Branagh; William Woolcott; Steve Shelley; The Five Swell Guys; Kenneth (psychic); Marv (genius); Roger (muscle); Bob (leader); Stan (mechanic); Smee; Promethea [Barbara Shelley]; Thoth-Hermes; Promethea [original]; Promethea [Sophie Bangs]
Synopsis Sophie tries to interview Barbara Shelley about Promethea, but Barbara refuses. A Smee attacks Sophie and Promethea briefly rescues her. Promethea reverts to Barbara who tells Sophie to imagine herself Promethea or they will both die. Sophie writes a poem and becomes Promethea in time to stop the Smee. In addition, a small girl in Roman Alexandria becomes the first Promethea.
Genre Occult; Fantasy; superhero
Script Alan Moore
Pencils J.H. Williams III
Inks Mick Gray
Colors Digital Chameleon
Letters Todd Klein

2 page Promethea text story "The Promethea Puzzle: An Adventure in Folklore"

Characters Charlton Sennet; Margaret Taylor Case; Grace Branagh; William Woolcott; Steve Shelley; Promethea
Synopsis Sophie's essay about the history of Promethea in folklore.
Genre Occult; Fantasy; superhero
Script Alan Moore