Serenity Better Days #1 (2008) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Adam Hughes; inks: Adam Hughes; colors: Adam Hughes	Captain Malcom Reynolds; Zoe Washburne; Wash [Hoban Washburne]
1	Recap	recap	1	letters: typeset	Jayne Cobb; Captain Malcom Reynolds; Zoe Washburne
2	Better Days, Part 1	comic story	22	script: Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews; pencils: Will Conrad; inks: Will Conrad; colors: Michelle Madsen; letters: Michael Heisler	Captain Malcom Reynolds; Zoe Washburne; Wash [Hoban Washburne]; Inara Serra; Jayne Cobb; Kaylee [Kaywinnit Lee Frye]; Simon Tam; River Tam; Shepherd Book; Ephraim
3	Transmissions from the Cortex	letters page	2	script: Scott Allie
5	Discover Dark Horse March 2008	in-house column	1	script: David Scroggy	Nicholas Gurewitch (photo); Emily the Strange

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Dark Horse Special Edition	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Collection	Year
Better Days ISBN 978-1-59582-162-1	2008	On eBay ›
Better Days and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-59582-739-5	2011	On eBay ›
Firefly Legacy Edition #1 ISBN 9781684153206	2018	On eBay ›

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