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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July 2006
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Chris Ryall; Dan Taylor (Edits, charisma and general good looks)
Notes Mature readers.

Cover Details

Genre Humor; Horror
Pencils Ben Templesmith
Inks Ben Templesmith
Colors Ben Templesmith
Letters typeset
Notes Mature readers.

1 page credits "Title page"

Pencils Ben Templesmith
Inks Ben Templesmith
Colors Ben Templesmith
Letters typeset
Notes Creator credits and indicia information. Bottom half of page is an obscure painting.

23 page Wormwood story "Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer Part 01"

Characters Pendulum; Phoebe; Trotsky
Synopsis Things are awakening in the city. Things that have a nasty habit of leaving mutilated bodies in their wake and it all reeks of demons and dark gods up to no good. Owing a favor to his lazy ghost cop buddy Trotsky, Wormwood, the gentleman corpse and his oddball entourage are brought in to investigate the case (or at least hopefully not stuff it up too much.) [per solicitation]
Genre Humor; Horror
Script Ben Templesmith
Pencils Ben Templesmith
Inks Ben Templesmith
Colors Ben Templesmith
Letters Robbie Robbins

1 page Wormwood illustration "Wormwood 01 Thumbs"

Synopsis Thumbnail drawings for pages 1-9.
Script Ben Templesmith
Pencils Ben Templesmith
Letters typeset
Notes Noted on page: "Well, there ends the first issue. Hope you liked it and stick around for the second! Cheers, Ben.

1 page illustration "Page 3"

Synopsis Rough sketch of page 3 of issue #1.
Pencils Ben Templesmith

1 page illustration "Page 3 inked"

Synopsis Pencilled and inked Page 3 from issue #1.
Pencils Ben Templesmith
Inks Ben Templesmith

1 page illustration

Characters Wormwood; Phoebe
Pencils Aadi Salman
Inks Aadi Salman
Colors Ben Templesmith
Notes www.aadisalman.com

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Ben Templesmith
Letters typeset
Notes Photographs of actual tattoos of the character Wormwood on the arms and legs of "Regan."

2 page A Princess of Mars promo (ad from the publisher) "IDWords"

Synopsis Interview with writer Dan Taylor on his up and coming adaptation from Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars.
Genre Fact; Interview
Script IDW (interviewer); Dan Taylor (interviewee)
Pencils Ted McKeever; Frank Cho
Letters typeset
Notes Features the Regular cover and the Variant cover. Text article includes a side bar entitled: JULY RELEASES FROM IDW PUBLISHING and contains small capsules of SPARROW; THE ART OF VAMPIRE HUNTER D; ROAD TO HELL #1.

3 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Promotional Advertisements"

Notes Sparrow #1 (book, IDW Publishing/Ashley Wood); Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith (book, IDW Publishing/Ben Templesmith); A Princess of Mars (comic book series, IDW Publishing)

1 page advertisement "Advertisement"

Notes Angel (vampire puppet, 20th Century Fox/Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles)