The Crusades is an American comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics . It was created by writer Steven T. Seagle and artist Kelley Jones .

Publication history [ edit ]

The series comprises a one-shot special entitled The Crusades: Urban Decree (which introduced the characters and premise) and an ongoing series, simply titled The Crusades which ran in comics cover dated between June 2001 and December 2002 .

Plot [ edit ]

The series was set in a fictionalised San Francisco and featured a large cast of characters whose lives are thrown into disarray by the sudden appearance of a murderous 11th Century knight in the city. Main Characters included Anton Marx, a leftwing political radio " shock jock ", his fact checker girlfriend Venus Kostopikas, her friend Detective Addas Petronas and the rival gangsters Tony Quetone and "the Pope".

Collected editions [ edit ]

Image Comics is releasing the series in two hardcovers: ^[1]

• Volume 1: The Knight (256 pages, Image Comics, August 2010, ISBN   978-1-60706-288-2 ) reprinting The Crusades: Urban Decree and The Crusades #1?9
• Volume 2: Dei (256 Pages, Image Comics, February 2011, ISBN   978-1-60706-302-5 ) reprinting The Crusades #10-20

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