Crusades (comics)

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The Crusades
Cover of The Crusades: Urban Decree one-shot (2001). Art by Kelley Jones.
Publisher	Vertigo
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	June 2001 - December 2002
Number of issues	21 (Urban Decree one-shot, Crusades #1-20)
Creative team
Writer(s)	Steven T. Seagle
Penciller(s)	Kelley Jones
Creator(s)	Steven T. Seagle Kelley Jones

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

[edit] Publication history

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.

[edit] Plot

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, her friend Detective Addas Petronas and the rival gangsters Tony Quetone and "the Pope".

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