Universe #1 [Dynamic Forces Exclusive]

(September 2001)

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

Universe / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Jenkins (credited)

Pencils

Clayton Crain (credited)

Inks

Jonathan Glapion (credited)

Colors

Steve Firchow (credited); J. D. Smith (credited as Jonathan D. Smith)

Letters

Robin Spehar (credited); J. D. Bruce (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...and this is the place -- you're sure of it, Charters?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Rapture [Tom Judge]; Tilly Grimes; Horace Grimes (cameo in flashback)

Synopsis

After a night of drinking and having sex with a pair of prostitutes, ex-priest Tom Judge finds an old necklace hidden in his apartment. After putting it on one of the prostitutes turns into a demon and tries to take the necklace from him. Tom transforms into a creature called the Rapture and kills the demon. At that point a woman named Tilly Grimes introduces herself to Tom and tells him that his life has been changed forever.

Reprints

• in Rising Stars (Image, 1999 series) #15 (July 2001) [preview]
• in Top Cow Universe (Semic S.A., 2002 series) #1 (avril 2002)