([August] 2020)
DC,
2020 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 9.99 USD; 13.50 CAD
- Pages
- 164
- On-sale Date
- 2020-06-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Graphic Novels for Kids
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [circle and serifs]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-9657-5
- Barcode
- 9781401296575 50999
- Editing
- Jim Chadwick (credited) (editor); Diego Lopez (credited) (associate editor)
- Color
- color
- Binding
- soft cover
- Publishing Format
- graphic novel
[no title indexed]
Primer / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Primer [Ashley Rayburn]
- Reprints
- in Primer (DC, 2024 series) #1 (May 2024)
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Chapter 1 Primary Colors
Primer / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Jennifer Muro (credited); Thomas Krajewski (credited)
- Pencils
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Inks
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Colors
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Letters
- Wes Abbott (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Up in the sky!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Primer [Ashley Rayburn]; Mrs. Boyd; Kitch Nola; Yuka Nolan
- Synopsis
- Ashley, who has been traumatized by her violent convict father, has created too much trouble in foster homes. Harried by nightmares, she sneaks out at night to create (illegal) spray-paint art. With her 13th birthday coming, she will go onto state care unless she sticks with a stable foster setting. She likes the Nolans, since he's a goofy artist and she is a football season-ticket holder. Ashley and Kitch bond well, but Yuka bemoans bringing trouble to the family, and agonizes over whether she has done the right thing.
- Reprints
- in Batman: Overdrive / Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime (Special Edition) (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([September] 2020)
- in Primer (DC, 2024 series) #1 (May 2024)
-
- Keywords
- Foster home
Chapter 2 No Paint, No Gain
Primer / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Jennifer Muro (credited); Thomas Krajewski (credited)
- Pencils
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Inks
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Colors
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Letters
- Wes Abbott (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, Ash, first day at a new school.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Primer [Ashley Rayburn]; Luke (classmate); Dr. Cronin; Dr. Gupta; Major General Temple; Sergeant Strack; Kitch Nolan; Yuka Nolan
- Synopsis
- Kitch encourages Ashley to use his art supplies and try new techniques. Yuka, afraid to trust the military, Yuka steals a secret weapon developed in her labs. Ashley discovers the weapon -- tubes of paint -- which she assumes is ordinary. In fact it is body paint, each color of which confers a different superpower... as she quickly finds out.
- Keywords
- Artist; foster child; secret weapon
Chapter 3 Red, White, and Bruised
Primer / comic story / 45 pages
- Script
- Jennifer Muro (credited); Thomas Krajewski (credited)
- Pencils
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Inks
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Colors
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Letters
- Wes Abbott
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Happy birthday, Ashley.'
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Primer [Ashley Rayburn]; Ashley's father; Yuka Nolan; Luke; Major General Temple; Sergeant Strack
- Synopsis
- Ashley's father demands she visit him in prison, and explosively demands that she remain loyal to him. The military searches for the paints, and Strack kills two of the scientists. Ashley begins fighting crime, and splashes into public view by saving a crashing airliner. Strack, using super-soldier armor, attacks her and recovers most of the paints, but she uses the last tube to teleport herself to safety.
- Keywords
- Convict; prison; secret weapon
Chapter 4 True Colors
Primer / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Jennifer Muro (credited); Thomas Krajewski (credited)
- Pencils
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Inks
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Colors
- Gretel Lusky (credited)
- Letters
- Wes Abbott (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The next morning...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Primer [Ashley Rayburn]; Ashley's father; Kitch Nolan; Yuka Nolan; Luke; Sergeant Strack; Major General Temple
- Synopsis
- Strack, who has now gone rogue, kidnaps the Nolans and demands the last tube as ransom. Ashley defeats him by overloading him with paint types. General Temple provides her with a super-suit, and she discovers that Yuka's fears had not been about her, but were in fact about stealing the weapon. Her father, in prison, plots to regain control of her.
- Keywords
- Convict; foster home; kidnaping; prison; secret weapon
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Primer -
1.
Chapter 1 Primary Colors
Primer -
2.
Chapter 2 No Paint, No Gain
Primer -
3.
Chapter 3 Red, White, and Bruised
Primer -
4.
Chapter 4 True Colors
Primer
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- Juan Gonzalez
- Kirk House
- John Monagle
- Jeff Thompson
- Jim Van Dore
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