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I Am Legion (comics)

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Schedule
  
Monthly

Publication date
  
January – July 2009

Writer(s)
  
Fabien Nury

Genre
  
War comics

Format
  
Limited series

Number of issues
  
6

Letterer(s)
  
Chris Crank

Artist
  
John Cassaday

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Publishers
  
Les Humanoïdes Associés, DC Comics

Similar
  
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I Am Legion (French: Je suis légion) is French comic book series written by Fabien Nury, drawn by John Cassaday and published by Les Humanoïdes Associés, then in English by Humanoids Publishing/DC Comics and later by Humanoids/Devil's Due Productions.

Contents

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Publication history

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The series was originally published by Les Humanoïdes Associés in three albums, Le faune dansant (The Dancing Faun, June 2004), Vlad (January 2006) and Les trois singes (The Three Monkeys, November 2007). This was then translated into English by Justin Kelly and was originally released in 2004 by the American-based arm of Humanoïdes, Humanoids Publishing, through their deal with DC Comics but only one prestige format book was released. The series was later split into six comic books under a new deal between Humanoids and Devil's Due Productions and finally fully released in 2009.

Plot

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During World War II, Nazis seek to capture and control 10-year-old vampire named Ana. Meanwhile, Allied forces try to uncover Nazis that have infiltrated their ranks.

Collected editions

  • I Am Legion (trade paperback, 144 pages, October 2009, ISBN 978-1-934692-65-3)
  • I Am Legion (hardcover, September 2010, ISBN 9781594650994)
  • Awards

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    John Cassaday won the 2005 "Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team" Eisner Award in part for his work on this title (as well as Astonishing X-Men and Planetary).

    Film

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    A live-action film adaptation is in the works, with Nacho Cerda due to direct and based on a script written by Richard Stanley.

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    References

    I Am Legion (comics) Wikipedia