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Publishers / DC / Empire (2003) / #1
1September 2003
$2.50; 4.25 CAD

Empire #1

DC · September 2003 · on sale July 30, 2003

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Identification plate

Series
Empire (DC, 2003 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 2003
Key date
September 2003
On-sale date
July 30, 2003
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$2.50; 4.25 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
76194123166200111
Rating
Suggested for Mature Readers

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Barry Kitson; inks: Barry KitsonEndymion; Xanna; Lohkyn; Delfi; Golgoth (featured)
1As Ye Sow...comic story22script: Mark Waid; pencils: Barry Kitson; inks: James Pascoe; colors: Bad@$$; letters: ComicraftGolgoth (featured); Delfi; Grieze; Kafra; Lohkyn; Lucullan; Tumbril; Xanna; Seacrest (guest, dies); Ambassador Jeppe Rasmussen; Gunnar Rasmussen (dies); Liv Rasmussen (dies); daughter Rasmussen (dies); Endymion (cameo on a monitor screen then in a vision, flashback); Kajiro (cameo, death); Valpurgis
2DC in Demand 07.03in-house column1

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Empire #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0212-8		2004On eBay ›
Empire #[nn]
ISBN 1631403052; 978-1631403057		2015On eBay ›

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Series context

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