(July 2008)

Image, 2008 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
6.99 USD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Brand
Image
Barcode
709853006015
Editing
Alan Belfast
Color
color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
cardstock cover; glossy paper
Binding
squarebound

Issue Notes

Indicia: NOCTURNALS: CARNIVAL OF BEASTS. July 2008. Published by Image Comics, Inc. Office of publication: 1942 University Avenue, Suite 305, Berkeley California, 94704. Copyright © 2008 Dan Brereton. All rights reserved. NOCTURNALS, its logo, and the likeness of all characters featured herein, are trademarks of Dan Brereton, unless otherwise expressly noted. Image Comics is a registered trademark of Image Comics, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced or translated, in any form or by any means (except for short excerpts for review purposes), without the express written permission of Dan Brereton or Image Comics, Inc. All names, characters, events and locales in this publication are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events or places, without satiric intent, is coincidental. PRINTED IN CANADA.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Nocturnals / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Brereton (painting)
Inks
Dan Brereton (painting)
Colors
Dan Brereton (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Starfish; Polychrome; Gunwitch; Eve [Halloween Girl]; Doc Horror; Firelion; Procyon Cleanhands [Raccoon]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Nocturnals / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Brereton (painting)
Inks
Dan Brereton (painting)
Colors
Dan Brereton (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Dr. Lamia Fletcher

Indexer Notes

Inside color cover page features alternate cover (Dr. Lamia Fletcher) used for San Diego Comic Con Exclusive variant.

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

Title Page / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Beasts (Table of Contents: 3)

Nocturnals / comic story / 36 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Brereton
Pencils
Dan Brereton (painting)
Inks
Dan Brereton (painting)
Colors
Dan Brereton (painting)
Letters
Sean Glenn
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Doc Horror; Eve [Halloween Girl]; Gunwitch; Polychrome; Starfish; Firelion; Komodo; Procyon Cleanhands [Raccoon]; Dr. Lamia Fletcher
Synopsis
Doc Horror and company take on a band of renegade scientists who have been turning children into monster kids – this while Doc Horror is taking Eve to her new boarding school, Nightshade School.

Indexer Notes

This story fits chronologically between Black Planet and The Dark Forever.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Afterword / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dan Brereton
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Dan Brereton, May 2008

The Scrimshaw Crown (Table of Contents: 5)

Nocturnals / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Brereton
Pencils
Viktor Kalvachev (painting)
Inks
Viktor Kalvachev (painting)
Colors
Viktor Kalvachev (painting)
Letters
Viktor Kalvachev
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Starfish; Eve [Halloween Girl]
Synopsis
Eve asks Starfish to stop a sea monster that has been terrorizing fishing boats.

Night of the Candy Butchers (Table of Contents: 6)

Nocturnals / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Brereton
Pencils
Ruben Martinez
Inks
Ruben Martinez
Colors
Viet Nguyen
Letters
Sean Glenn
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Polychrome; Gunwitch
Synopsis
Polychrome and Gunwitch rescue a kid at a spooky carnival.

[creator bios] (Table of Contents: 7)

Nocturnals / credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Brereton; Viktor Kalvachev; Ruben Martinez
Inks
Dan Brereton; Viktor Kalvachev; Ruben Martinez
Colors
Viet Nguyen for Ruben Martinez drawing of Gunwitch
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Polychrome; Starfish; Gunwitch

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Now Available from Olympian Publishing / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Polychrome] (Table of Contents: 9)

Nocturnals / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Brereton (signed) [as DB]
Inks
Dan Brereton (signed) [as DB]
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Polychrome

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Dedicated to Gene Colan.

[Starfish] (Table of Contents: 10)

Nocturnals / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Viktor Kalvachev (painting)
Inks
Viktor Kalvachev (painting)
Colors
Viktor Kalvachev (painting)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Starfish

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Nocturnals
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Nocturnals
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Title Page
  4. 3. Beasts
    Nocturnals
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Afterword
  6. 5. The Scrimshaw Crown
    Nocturnals
  7. 6. Night of the Candy Butchers
    Nocturnals
  8. 7. [creator bios]
    Nocturnals
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Now Available from Olympian Publishing
  10. 9. [Polychrome]
    Nocturnals
  11. 10. [Starfish]
    Nocturnals
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