(March 2000)

Image, 1996 Series
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Price
3.95 USD; 6.30 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics
Brand
Image
Barcode
709853120292 02911
Editing
Mary Gray (proofreader)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

A Distant Soil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Colleen Doran (signed) (painting)
Inks
Colleen Doran (signed) (painting)
Colors
Colleen Doran (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bast
Reprints

What Has Gone Before (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Colleen Doran
Pencils
Colleen Doran
Inks
Colleen Doran
Letters
typeset

Characters
Bast

Indexer Notes

Includes recap. Small illustration of Bast reproduced from cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

A Distant Soil / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Colleen Doran
Pencils
Colleen Doran
Inks
Colleen Doran
Letters
Colleen Doran

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bast Really Doesn't Like You, Does She?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jason; Liana; Kovar; Brent; Seren [Rieken]; Bast; Reynaldo; Galahad; Corrine; Dunstan; D'Mer; Minetti; Serezha; Keris; The Irishai
Synopsis
Kovar leads his team, Minetti, Galahad and Brent past the Irishai to the core of the ship. Meanwhile Bast, Reynaldo, Corrine, Dunstan and Serezha infiltrate Keris's apartments and drug him. Bast shape shifts and takes his place in the Nexus. Jason learns an inconvenient truth about his father.

A Distant Soil Back Issue Order Form (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

A Distant Soil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

ADS Datafile (Table of Contents: 4)

A Distant Soil / character profile / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Colleen Doran
Pencils
Colleen Doran
Inks
Colleen Doran
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jason; Etan

Indexer Notes

Background on the Créche, Variant, Deadhead, Crystal Cutter and Ce-Lo Guard with illustrations.

The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag (Table of Contents: 5)

Northern Monarchs / text story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Delia Sherman
Pencils
Colleen Doran
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
King Alexander; Rosamund

Indexer Notes

Pencil illustrations accompanying story.

A Distant Soil Sketchbook (Table of Contents: 6)

A Distant Soil / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Colleen Doran
Pencils
Colleen Doran
Inks
Colleen Doran
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Minetti; Liana; Bast; Sere; Kheira; Doc

Indexer Notes

Sketches from the remarqued editions of the A Distant Soil graphic novels. Wedding invitation for Kheira & Doc.

Age of Bronze #7 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Age of Bronze / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Get Ready to Rumble! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Rumble Girls / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Eve of Destruction (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Savage Dragon / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Rising Stars #7 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Rising Stars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

www.adistantsoil.com (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

A Distant Soil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Dunstan] (Table of Contents: 12)

A Distant Soil / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Colleen Doran (signed) (painting)
Inks
Colleen Doran (signed) (painting)
Colors
Colleen Doran (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dunstan

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Pin up of Dunstan that was originally slated for a cover for the WaRP Graphics series.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    A Distant Soil
  2. 1. What Has Gone Before
  3. 2. ["Bast Really Doesn't Like You, Does She?"]
    A Distant Soil
  4. 3. A Distant Soil Back Issue Order Form
    A Distant Soil
  5. 4. ADS Datafile
    A Distant Soil
  6. 5. The Tragedy of King Alexander the Stag
    Northern Monarchs
  7. 6. A Distant Soil Sketchbook
    A Distant Soil
  8. 7. Age of Bronze #7
    Age of Bronze
  9. 8. Get Ready to Rumble!
    Rumble Girls
  10. 9. Eve of Destruction
    Savage Dragon
  11. 10. Rising Stars #7
    Rising Stars
  12. 11. www.adistantsoil.com
    A Distant Soil
  13. 12. [Dunstan]
    A Distant Soil
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo