A Distant Soil #1 - Immigrant Song

(August 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

A Distant Soil (Table of Contents: 2)

A Distant Soil / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Colleen Doran

Inks

Colleen Doran; Lee Moyer (assistant inker)

Colors

Julie Ann Sczesny; Jane Fancher

Letters

Typeset

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Liana; Seren

Indexer Notes

Reprint of cover illustration with credits.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 1 page (report information)

Letters

Typeset

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

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

Script

Colleen Doran (quote)

Pencils

Colleen Doran

Inks

Colleen Doran

Colors

Julie Ann Sczesny; Jane Fancher

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Let him who desires peace prepare for war

Genre

science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Immigrant Song (Table of Contents: 6)

A Distant Soil / comic story / 61 pages (report information)

Script

Colleen Doran

Pencils

Colleen Doran

Inks

Colleen Doran; Lee Moyer (assistant inker)

Colors

Julie Ann Sczesny; Jane Fancher

Letters

Bob Pinaha; Gaspar Saladino

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Liana Scott; Jason Scott; Antonio Minetti; Brent Donewitz; Reiken; D'Mer; Aeren; Sere; Niniri

Synopsis

Liana and Jason escape from the Institute but Jason is wounded by the pursuing agents. Liana leaves Jason and runs into Brent and Minetti. They are confronted by guards from the Siovansin. Reiken and D'Mer arrive to save them. Reiken tries to persuade Minetti and Brent to join his cause. Meanwhile Jason is captured by the Guard and taken aboard the Siovansin. Sere drugs Jason to use him as bait for Liana.

Reprints

• in A Distant Soil (Aria, 1991 series) #1 (June 30,1991)
which is reprinted
• in A Distant Soil (Image, 2013 series) #1 - The Gathering (July 2013)
• in A Distant Soil (Aria, 1991 series) #2 (February 1992)
which is reprinted
• in Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1977 series) #153 (December 1991) [Eight page excerpt published as a Cerebus Preview.]
• in A Distant Soil (Image, 2013 series) #1 - The Gathering (July 2013)
• in A Distant Soil (Aria, 1991 series) #3 (January 1993)
which is reprinted
• in A Distant Soil (Image, 2013 series) #1 - The Gathering (July 2013)
• Pages 1 through 23 of this sequence are reprinted in A Distant Soil 1 (Aria,1991 series)
  Pages 24 through 46 are reprinted in A Distant Soil 2 (Aria,1991 series)
  Pages 47 through 61 are reprinted in A Distant Soil 3 (Aria,1991 series)

Keywords

Earth; Hierarchy; Ovanan; Siovansin

Indexer Notes

This story is a reworking of the story from A Distant Soil (WaRP, 1983 series) with new art.
Letters are not credited but in the reprint the lettering is the same and Bob Pinaha and Gaspar Saladino are credited.

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

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A Distant Soil / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Colleen Doran

Letters

Typeset

Genre

science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

[Closer Than You Think..] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Colleen Doran

Inks

Colleen Doran

Colors

Julie Ann Sczesny; Jane Fancher

Letters

Typeset

Characters

Jason; Liana; Seren

Indexer Notes

Includes Quotes from Jo Duffy and Phil Foglio.