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Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo. Biography K ...

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crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

comic book created by Shannon Eric Denton and

. It has been published by

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and Desperado Publishing respectively. The comic focuses on a mysterious, sadistic crime fighter called The Revenant bent on eliminating the criminal element in the fictitious twin cities of Sapphire City and Jade Harbor. This ghost-like figure may or may not be a reputed gangster who was killed 15 years earlier on during Sapphire City's Day of the Dead celebrations.

Publication history

The comic first appeared as a short story called ''The Spook'' in the anthology comic ''Actionopolis'' in

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, published by

. The eight page story was written and drawn by creator Shannon Eric Denton. ''The Spook'' also appeared on the webcomics site

around the same time. In 2003 Denton partnered with Keith Giffen to expand on the mythology of the character and the webcomic was retitled ''The Revenant''. In 2007

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(under the

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imprint) solicited orders for a three-issue mini-series based on the character, written by Rob Worley and illustrated by

and slated for publication in February, March and April 2008. However, the series was not released. Subsequently Desperado Publishing picked up the title and re solicited it as an original graphic novel. It was published in October 2008.

External links

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