Series

Rising Stars (1999)

Image Comics •

1999 - 2005

Description

A strange light passes over Pederson, Illinois, and the 113 children later born in the town grow up with extraordinary powers. J. Michael Straczynski tracks these Specials across decades as fame, fear, and politics shape what they become. The story asks how real people, and the world around them, would actually handle living gods.

Series Details

Publisher

Image Comics

Type

Regular Series

Status

Completed

Run

1999 - 2005

Issues Count

Genre

Superhero

Format

Standard

Original Language

English

Language

English

Creators

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Brenda Feikema

Colorist

Danny Miki

Inker

David Finch

Penciller

Dreamer Design

Letterer

Gary Frank

Penciller, Cover Artist, Other

John Starr

Colorist, Cover Artist

Justin Ponsor

Colorist, Other

Matt Milla

Colorist, Other

Nathan Cabrera

Colorist

Neil Gaiman

Writer

Robin Spehar

Letterer

Victor Llamas

Inker

Characters

Chandra

Elizabeth Chandra

Lee Jackson

Matthew Bright

Poet

John Simon

Ravenshadow

Randy Fisk

Sanctuary

Joshua Kane

William Corealis

William Smith

Teams

Specials

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Issues

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Initiations: A Lost Tale of the Specials

Rising Stars (1999)

Nova Placenta

Rising Stars (1999)

Jul 28, 1999

Can't Touch This

Rising Stars (1999)

Oct 01, 1999

Whatever Happened to Lee Jackson

Rising Stars (1999)

Dec 01, 1999

Masques

Rising Stars (1999)

Jan 01, 2000

The World Between

Rising Stars (1999)

Mar 01, 2000

#.5

Issue #.5

Rising Stars (1999)

Aug 01, 1999

Things Fall Apart - Part One

Rising Stars (1999)

Apr 01, 2000

Things Fall Apart - Part Two

Rising Stars (1999)

May 01, 2000

Things Fall Apart - Part Three

Rising Stars (1999)

Jun 01, 2000

Choices Made

Rising Stars (1999)

Aug 01, 2000

#10

Reversal of Fortune

Rising Stars (1999)

Oct 01, 2000

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