Promethea #7

(April 2000)

Rocks and Hard Places (Table of Contents: 1)

Promethea / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore (credited)

Pencils

J. H. Williams III (credited); José Villarrubia (credited) (digital artist)

Inks

Mick Gray (credited)

Colors

Jeromy Cox (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

The Five Swell Guys; Roger; Bob; Kenneth; Stan; Marv; Weeping Gorilla (billboard); Trish Bangs; Stacia; Sophie; Promethea [Bill]; Mayor Baskerville; Benny Solomon; Ernie; The Goetia; The Painted Doll

Synopsis

Sophie learns the way of the pentacle when Promethea [Bill] shows her the danger of becoming too close to the material world. Meanwhile, Mayor Baskerville and Benny Solomon arrive at the hospital and the Painted Doll drops a Teddy Bomb into the crowd.

Reprints

• in Promethea (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([September] 2001)
• in Promethea (Semic S.A., 2000 series) #2
• in ABC America's Best Comics (Magic Press, 2000 series) #8 (Maggio - Giugno 2002)
• in Promethea (DC, 2001 series) #2 (2001 [February 2003])
• in Promethea (NORMA Editorial, 2007 series) #2 (Septiembre 2007)
• in Absolute Promethea (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
which is reprinted
• in Promethea (ECC Ediciones, 2016 series) #1 (Mayo 2016)
• in Promethea: The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2019 series) #1 ([May] 2019)
• in Promethea (Urban Comics, 2020 series) #1 (novembre 2020)

Keywords

straitjackets

Indexer Notes

Cast and Credits: Audrey Causilla (model as Promethea and the Universe); Jeannie Lobato (model as Sophie Bangs); Douglas Bayne (model as Bill Woolcott); Tom Burke (model as Dirk Dangerfield/Dennis Drucker); Pawel Pagan-Piskorski (model as Prometheus); Alan Fluharty (model as Aquarius); Everett Boyd (model as Marv); Carlos Taylor (crowd); Lisa Taylor (crowd); Elena Taylor (crowd); Sarah Taylor (crowd); Nacho Muñoz-Sanjuán (crowd); Aleksey Zolotaryov (crowd, digital snake and Promethea moths); Gregory Malone (hair and make-up); Matthew and Ingrid Hair Replacement (wigs); Todd Douglass (Promethea's costume); David Page (straight jacket [sic] and padded cell); Fehl Cameron (background research).

Special thanks to Jae Lee, J.H. Williams, Arturo, Alvaro, Luz and Alejandro Villarrubia, Luz J. Momediano, David Drake, Steve Kent and Stephen John Phillips.