The Life and Times of Savior 28 explained

Schedule:Monthly
Limited:y
Superhero:y
Publisher:IDW Publishing
Startmo:March
Startyr:2009
Endmo:September
Endyr:2009
Issues:5
Writers:J.M. DeMatteis
Artists:Mike Cavallaro
Letterers:Neil Uyetake
Colorists:Andrew Covalt
Editors:Scott Dunbier
Chris Ryall
Tpb:The Life and Times of Savior 28
Isbn:1-60010-576-9
Subcat:IDW Publishing
Sort:Life And Times of Savior 28

The Life and Times of Savior 28, is a five-issue comic book limited series by J.M. DeMatteis, with the artwork by Mike Cavallaro. It was published by IDW Publishing.[1] [2]

The story deals with Savior 28, a Golden Age superhero who over the course of seven decades renounces violence: "'To be... or not to be!' How can a man go on living when everything he's ever believed is revealed as a lie? That's the question Savior 28 is forced to ask as we follow him across the decades, from the ashes of Buchenwald to the ashes of 9/11 in this exploration of the dark underbelly of the super hero dream."[3]

Publication history

Background

In an interview, writer DeMatteis discussed the impetus for Savior 28:

Collected editions

The Life and Times of Savior 28 has been published as a trade paperback .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kiel . Phegley . CCI: J.M. DeMatteis' Superhero Savior-28 . . July 28, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110617060415/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17482 . June 17, 2011 . dead .
  2. Web site: Vaneta . Rogers . Attacking Violence: J.M. DeMatteis on Savior 28 . . June 9, 2009 .
  3. Trade paperback blurb, The Life And Times of Savior 28 (IDW Publishing, 2009).