Promethea #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis volume collects the first five issues of Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III's ambitious series, introducing college student Sophie Bangs as she becomes the latest host for the mythical, reality-bending superheroine Promethea. The story blends occult philosophy, art, and metafictional commentary as Sophie learns to navigate the Immateria and her new powers.
"The Radiant Heavenly City" launches Alan Moore’s visionary series Promethea with a striking dual narrative: in 411 A.D., a dying magician sends his daughter into the desert, where she is taken by Thoth-Hermes to grow up in the Immateria, the realm of the collective unconscious. In present-day New York, student Sophie Bangs becomes entangled in the mythos of Promethea—appearing across poems, comics, and pulp tales—when a visit to the widow of the last comic writer triggers a transformation she doesn’t understand. J. H. Williams III’s breathtaking art, rendered in collaboration with Mick Gray and Digital Chameleon, brings the dreamlike Immateria to life, while Todd Klein’s lettering adds precision to the story’s unfolding mystery. The cover by J. H. Williams III captures the essence of this otherworldly beginning.
In "A Faerie Romance," Jo finds herself drawn into a centuries-old mystery when her research into Promethea uncovers the tragic tale of 19th-century poet Charlton Sennet and his servant Anna, whose bond birthed the mythic figure. The quiet of her investigation shatters when Jack Faust, a figure from the past with a long-standing grudge against the last two Prometheas, appears with a warning—and a question.
In "No Man's Land" from Promethea #1, Sophie returns to the hospital after hearing Barbara has taken a turn for the worse, only to be sent psychically into the Immateria by Barbara herself. There, she meets the Margaret Chase incarnation of Promethea, who begins guiding her through a mysterious, transformative journey.
In a dazzling fusion of myth and modern chaos, Sophie navigates the shifting realms of the Immateria, guided by the sword-wielding Grace Brannagh incarnation of Promethea, as she learns the true weight of her destiny. Meanwhile, in a rain-slicked New York, Benny Solomon moves through the city’s underbelly, poised to unleash the Goetia upon Sophie—whose unconscious body lies in a hospital bed beside the wounded Marv of the Five Swell Guys and the still-fragile Barbara Shelley.
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↩ Reprints Promethea #1 (1999), Promethea #1 (1999), Promethea #2 (1999), Promethea #3 (1999), Promethea #4 (1999), Promethea #5 (2000), Promethea #6 (2000)
Reprinted in Promethea #1 (2001), Promethea #[nn] (2004), Promethea #32 (Magical Edition) (2005), Promethea Covers Special #[nn] (2005), Absolute Promethea #2 (2010)
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