Team affiliations US Marshals | Alter ego Wynonna Earp | |
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First appearance Wynonna Earp # 1, (December 1996) Affiliation United States Marshals Service Similar The Dreamer, The Umbrella Academy, X‑Men: Manifest Destiny, Amazons Attack!, Uncle Scrooge |
Wynonna Earp is a weird West comic book series created and owned by Beau Smith. The limited series was initially published by Image Comics and from 2003 by IDW Publishing.
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Plot summary
Wynonna is a present-day descendant of the famous lawman Wyatt Earp, and she's the top special agent for a special unit known within the US Marshals as The Monster Squad. She battles such supernatural threats as Bobo Del Rey and his redneck, trailer-trash vampires that are pushing a new killer designer drug called "Hemo", and the Egyptian Mafia's mummy hitman, Raduk, Eater Of The Dead, who's out to do in all the other crime bosses. In her subsequent adventures she finished some outstanding Earp family business while dealing with Hillbilly Gremlins, and Zombie Mailmen alongside her fellow Marshalls.
Comic book
Wynonna Earp was originally released by Image Comics as a five-issue series:
The three-part series Wynonna Earp: Home on the Strange was published by IDW Publishing between 2003-2004:
A four-volume graphic novel Wynonna Earp: The Yeti Wars was released by IDW Publishing in 2011:
A limited series titled simply Wynonna Earp was released as a tie-in with the television series:
Paperback
Hardcover
Wynonna Earp appeared in the hardcover anthology Tales of Terror Volume #1 (96 pages, IDW Publishing, First printing September 2004, ISBN 1-932382-31-3).
TV adaptation
In July 2015, Syfy acquired the rights for a television series and cast Melanie Scrofano to play the title role, while Tim Rozon and Shamier Anderson would also star as Doc Holliday and Agent Dolls. The series was developed by Emily Andras who also serves as executive producer and showrunner. Jordy Randall and Tom Cox are executive producing with Andras. Paolo Barzman directed the pilot episode.
Syfy released the first promotional images and synopsis for the series on November 6, 2015:
After years on the run and in juvenile detention, Wynonna Earp is finally coming home. The only problem is no one back home wants her to return. But when she becomes the town's only hope of eradicating mysterious demons, Wynonna must choose which side of the law she wants to fight on in order to clear the name of her legendary great grandfather Wyatt Earp once and for all.
The program began airing April 1, 2016. The series was renewed for Season 2 on July 23, 2016.