Scion #1 - Conflict of Conscience
(May 2001)

CrossGen, 2001 Series
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Volume
1
Price
19.95 USD; 29.95 CAD
Pages
196
On-sale Date
2001-05-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
CrossGeneration Comics, Inc.
Brand
CrossGen Comics
ISBN
1-931484-02-3 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781931484022 51995
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Tony Panaccio (credited) (editor); Ian Feller (credited as Ian M. Feller) (editor); Barbara Kesel (credited) (editor); Mark Waid (credited) (editor); Ron Marz (credited) (editor); Bart Sears (credited) (editor); Gina M. Villa (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Scion / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Adam Hughes (credited) (signed as AH!) (painting)
Inks
Adam Hughes (credited) (signed as AH!) (painting)
Colors
Adam Hughes (credited) (signed as AH!) (painting)

Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Bron; Skink; Ashleigh

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

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[Scion Conflict of Conscience] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Letters
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Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

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Creators (Table of Contents: 4)

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Foreword (Table of Contents: 5)

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Mark Alessi (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The hardest thing you'll ever do is the right thing.

Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 6)

Scion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
This place grows colder, my friend. Its energy wanes. I am seeking a solution and eagerly welcome your thoughts.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Two glowing-eyed entities discuss what to do about a problem and describe the world of Avalon.
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Indexer Notes

The glowing eyes and their discussion, except for the world each series is set on, appears in the openings of Meridian, Mystic, Scion, and Sigil.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Scion / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ethan! Ethan! Ethan!
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Kai; Artor; Skink; Dane; Mariella; Ylena; Bron
Synopsis
Prince Ethan competes in the tournament.
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Chapter 1.5 (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
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Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When CrossGen launched in May 2000, the goal was to debut with a splash.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bron; Ethan; Ashleigh; Skink
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Scion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited); Barbara Kesel (credited)
Pencils
Claudio Castellini (credited)
Inks
Caesar Rodriguez (credited); Andrew Crossley (credited)
Colors
Michael Atiyeh (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ethan...
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Skink; Bron
Synopsis
Ethan is shocked by what happened to Bron.
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Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ethan's tale is a coming of age story.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Bron
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Whence Comes the Hero (Table of Contents: 11)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you ask Scion writer Ron Marz where the character of Ethan came from, he'll say, "The East."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Scion / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look what you did to me!
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bron; Ethan; Kai; Artor; Mariella; Dane; Ylena; Skink; Ashleigh; Viktor
Synopsis
Ethan surrenders himself to the Ravens to prevent a war.
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Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
Jim Cheung (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
By issue #3, I was getting more comfortable drawing a medieval world.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Ashleigh
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Jim and Ron and Ethan and Bron (Table of Contents: 14)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
For Scion penciler Jim Cheung, submitting his initial character designs was like getting a loan approved with the first application.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Scion / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Master?
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bron; Viktor; Ethan; Skink; Ashleigh; Reaver
Synopsis
Ashleigh shows Ethan how the Lesser Races are treated in the east.
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Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script
Jim Cheung (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After drawing regular-sized people all the time, getting a chance to draw this giant character with ridiculous proportions is a nice break.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Exeter; Ethan
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Enter the Anti-hero (Table of Contents: 17)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's just something about a good anti-hero.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Scion / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They found us!
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Skink; Exeter
Synopsis
Ethan meets the bounty hunter, Exeter.
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Chapter 5 (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Jim Cheung (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The ironic thing was that this issue actually represented for me the calm before the storm - issue #6 was slated to be the big battle issue, and aside from killing some combatants I was sure that issue #6 was going to kill me.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan
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The Imperfect Storm (Table of Contents: 20)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before moving on to Chapter 5, perhaps now would be a good time for a restroom break.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Scion / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Did I do the right thing?
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Skink; Ylena; Hogarth; Dane; Mariella; Kai; Artor
Synopsis
Ethan and Skink are caught in a storm crossing the Great Sea.
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Chapter 6 (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's easy for me to write two-page battle sequences, but the hard work they put into it resulted in one of the most incredible-looking books I've ever seen.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan
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War Is Hell (Table of Contents: 23)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
If Scion artist Jim Cheung had really given it some thought, he might have wondered if writer Ron Marz had some kind of grudge against him.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Scion / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Soon now.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Kai; Ethan; Artor; Bron; Ylena; Kort; Ashleigh
Synopsis
The Heron forces fight the Raven invasion.
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Chapter 7 (Table of Contents: 25)

Scion / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Rick Leonardi (credited)
Inks
Karl Kesel (credited)
Colors
Paul Mounts (credited)
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Among the traditional comic book ideas trounced by CrossGen Comics through Scion was the notion of death.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Skink
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Scion / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Marz (credited)
Pencils
Rick Leonardi (credited)
Inks
Karl Kesel (credited)
Colors
Paul Mounts (credited)
Letters
Dave Lanphear (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think he would've liked this.
Genre
adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Kai; Skink; Dane; Mariella; Ylena; Artor; Bernd Rechts
Synopsis
A funeral, and plans for the future.
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Armor-covered Covers (Table of Contents: 27)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Making comic books is fun.

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the cover gallery.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bron; Ethan; Ashleigh; Skink
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Bron
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan; Ashleigh
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Exeter; Ethan
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Pencils
Jim Cheung (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ethan
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Slain in Battle (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Pencils
Rick Leonardi (credited)
Inks
Karl Kesel (credited)
Colors
Paul Mounts (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Skink; Ethan
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[Exeter Pin-up] (Table of Contents: 35)

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Pencils
Andrea Di Vito (credited)
Inks
Don Hillsman (credited as Don Hillsman II)
Colors
Caesar Rodriguez (credited)

Characters
Exeter

[CrossGen Comics] (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

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Corporate Credits (Table of Contents: 37)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [Scion Conflict of Conscience]
  4. 3. Table of Contents
  5. 4. Creators
  6. 5. Foreword
  7. 6. Chapter 1
    Scion
  8. 7. ["Ethan! Ethan! Ethan!"]
    Scion
  9. 8. Chapter 1.5
    Scion
  10. 9. ["Ethan..."]
    Scion
  11. 10. Chapter 2
    Scion
  12. 11. Whence Comes the Hero
  13. 12. ["Look what you did to me!"]
    Scion
  14. 13. Chapter 3
    Scion
  15. 14. Jim and Ron and Ethan and Bron
  16. 15. ["Master?"]
    Scion
  17. 16. Chapter 4
    Scion
  18. 17. Enter the Anti-hero
  19. 18. ["They found us!"]
    Scion
  20. 19. Chapter 5
    Scion
  21. 20. The Imperfect Storm
  22. 21. ["Did I do the right thing?"]
    Scion
  23. 22. Chapter 6
    Scion
  24. 23. War Is Hell
  25. 24. ["Soon now."]
    Scion
  26. 25. Chapter 7
    Scion
  27. 26. ["I think he would've liked this."]
    Scion
  28. 27. Armor-covered Covers
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  32. 31. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  33. 32. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  34. 33. [no title indexed]
    Scion
  35. 34. Slain in Battle
    Scion
  36. 35. [Exeter Pin-up]
  37. 36. [CrossGen Comics]
  38. 37. Corporate Credits
  39. 38. ["This wasn't the birthday present he was expecting."]
This issue was modified by
  • Ralf Haring
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Andrew S. Troth