Rising Stars: Visitations (Rising Stars (Image Comics))

J. Michael Straczynski

ISBN 10: 158240268X / ISBN 13: 9781582402680

Published by Top Cow Productions/Image Comics October 2002, 2002

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rising Stars: Visitations (Rising Stars (Image Comics))
• Publisher: Top Cow Productions/Image Comics October 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158240268X
• ISBN 13: 9781582402680
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Novels

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Synopsis

Rising Stars is the story of the Pederson Specials, a group of 113 people empowered by a single event.
In the late Sixties a fireball struck the town of Pederson, Illnois granting fantastic powers to the 113 children who were in utero at the time of impact. They grew up as the world watched. Labeled the "Specials" by the Media, their powers were monitored and catalogued by the United States Government. Public perception of them changed often. Were they the future of mankind? A scourge? A random occurrence? Heroes? Villains? Role models or simply caricatures? What would be their impact on culture and society? They were a waried as kids and adults ever are; some were more powerful, some less. As adults they became many things: a policeman, a corporate symbol, a singer, an assassin, a writer, a painter, a thief, a preacher. Some found celebrity, some notoriety, while others simply went to work and raised families like everyone else. But they all carried inside them a seed of something great. Something special. Something that made them stars.
As their epic stories unfolded, there were other stories as well...of their lives and the lives of those around them. This book is about those stories. Collected here are the short stories about the Specials, a bit about their beginnings, a bit about their middles and just a little bit about their end.

From the Back Cover

(W) J. Michael Straczynski (P) Frank/Zanier/Cha (I) Gorder & Livesay (C) Liquid!/Nelson/Starr/Evans Collected together for the first time, you can now get your hands on some of J. Michael Straczynski's most sought after Rising Stars stories. Including the rare zero issue with an additional 6 page story illustrated by Gary Frank, the limited 1/2 issue, and the very FIRST Rising Stars Preview issue, this incredible collection showcasing several unique tales of the Specials is not to be missed! Plus, with added sketches and an all new cover by Brent Anderson, this great collection is sure to find a home with you! Prestige Format In stores the week of August 14th. SC, 7x10, 64pg, FC