Zita the Spacegirl #1 - Far from Home
(February 2010)

First Second, 2010 Series
 
Price
10.99 USD; 12.99 CAD
Pages
196
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Second
Brand
:01 First Second
ISBN
978-1-59643-446-2 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781596434462
Editing
Kat Kopit; Coleen AF Venable (cover and interior design)

Issue Notes

Copyright 2010 Ben Hatke
Printed in June 2010 by South China Printing Co. Ltd., Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Distributed in Canada by H. B. Fenn and Company Ltd. and in the United Kingdom by Macmillan Children's Books.

Also appears with a price of 12.99 USD, 14.99 CAD.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Zita the Spacegirl / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ben Hatke; Colleen AF Venable (design)
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke

Genre
science fiction; children
Characters
Zita; Joseph; Mouse [Pizzicato]; One; the Screed; Strong-Strong; Piper; Jerry;
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Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover

[(Chapter One) "Finders keepers!"] (Table of Contents: 1)

Zita the Spacegirl / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hatke
Pencils
Ben Hatke
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke ?
Letters
Ben Hatke ?

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Zita; Joseph
Synopsis
Zita and Joseph find a strange device at a meteor impact. When Zita presses the button, Joseph disappears into a strange void. Zita is terrified, but plunges in after him.
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Keywords
Meteor; meteorite; meteoroid; teleportation

[(Chapter Two) "Aiiii!"] (Table of Contents: 2)

Zita the Spacegirl / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hatke
Pencils
Ben Hatke
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke ?
Letters
Ben Hatke ?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Zita; Joseph; Strong-Strong; Jerry; Piper; aliens; Screed
Synopsis
Zita lands on a weird planet where she sees Joseph carried away, but cannot reach him. The world, she learns, will be destroyed in three days time, and residents are frantically trying to find ways off-planet. Zita gets into trouble and is rescued by Piper, but he may have an ulterior motive.
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Keywords
Aliens; meteor; pied piper

[(Chapter Three) "Chirp!] (Table of Contents: 3)

Zita the Spacegirl / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hatke
Pencils
Ben Hatke
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke ?
Letters
Ben Hatke ?

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Zita; Piper; Jerry; aliens; Mouse; One
Synopsis
With advice from Piper, Zita sets off to rescue Joseph. Piper stays behind to repair her damaged teleportation device. Zita picks up allies along the way.
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Keywords
Aliens; robot

[(Chapter Four) "Ngh"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Zita the Spacegirl / comic story / 65 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hatke
Pencils
Ben Hatke
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke ?
Letters
Ben Hatke ?

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Zita; Piper; Jerry; aliens; Mouse; One; Five; Eight; Joseph; Randy; Scriptorians; Strong-Strong
Synopsis
Zita and her friends find Joseph, who is being held by the Sciptorians. They capture Zita and Piper, who turns out to have betrayed Zita in exchange for rocket fuel. The Scriptorians lock them both up but they escape, and go their separate ways.
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Keywords
Aliens; prison; robot

[(Chapter Five) "You okay down there?"] (Table of Contents: 5)

Zita the Spacegirl / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hatke
Pencils
Ben Hatke
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke ?
Letters
Ben Hatke ?

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Zita; Piper; Jerry; aliens; Mouse; One; Five; Eight; Joseph; Scriptorians; Randy
Synopsis
Zita and her friends sneak into the Scriptorian citadel and find Joseph. Following their prophecy, the Scriptorians plan to sacrifice Joseph to fend off the asteroid. Piper returns and gives her the teleport jewel, telling her to use it to save Joseph and escape the doomed planet. Robot Randy recognizes the jewel as his own power source. Zita gives up her chance of return and gives Randy the jewel, so that he can use his weaponry to save the entire planet.
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Keywords
Asteroid; human sacrifice; prophecy; robot; teleportation

[(Chapter Six) "So there we were, steely resolve washing across our faces as we faced a hundred warriors."] (Table of Contents: 6)

Zita the Spacegirl / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Hatke
Pencils
Ben Hatke
Inks
Ben Hatke
Colors
Ben Hatke ?
Letters
Ben Hatke ?

Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Zita; Piper; Jerry; aliens; Mouse; One; Scriptorians; Randy; Strong-Strong
Synopsis
With the jewel damaged, Zita uses the last of its power to send Joseph home, then tells Piper that they'll use his ship to take her home as well.
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Keywords
Aliens; robot; teleportation
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Zita the Spacegirl
  2. 1. [(Chapter One) "Finders keepers!"]
    Zita the Spacegirl
  3. 2. [(Chapter Two) "Aiiii!"]
    Zita the Spacegirl
  4. 3. [(Chapter Three) "Chirp!]
    Zita the Spacegirl
  5. 4. [(Chapter Four) "Ngh"]
    Zita the Spacegirl
  6. 5. [(Chapter Five) "You okay down there?"]
    Zita the Spacegirl
  7. 6. [(Chapter Six) "So there we were, steely resolve washing across our faces as we faced a hundred warriors."]
    Zita the Spacegirl
This issue was modified by
  • Alexandros Diamantidis
  • Kirk House
  • James Ludwig