Monstress #1

by Marjorie M. Liu · 2015

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Astonishing X-Men and Black Widow writer MARJORIE LIU returns to comics with artist SANA TAKEDA (X-23) for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Steampunk meets Kaiju in this original fantasy epic for mature readers, as young Maika risks everything to control her psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, placing her in the center of a devastating war between human and otherworldly forces. The adventure begins in a spectacular TRIPLE-SIZED FIRST ISSUE, with SIXTY-SIX pages of story and no ads.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thissteampunksteampunkMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of this
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diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thisdisabilitydisabilityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adultyoung adult
Length
short · 72 pages
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