Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Part One." Part 1 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Art by Al Davidson.
There is no universe any longer. There is only the city of Vermillion, and it is light years long. Johnathan Cave is the only being alive that remembers how it used to be. Looking back, he remembers traveling on his fathers ship, The Marcus Garvey. A life of hedonism and pleasure leads Cave to encounter a religious group called The Order. His brother has joined this strange cult of machine/human hybrids. And here Johnathan Caves troubles begin.
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Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Part Two." Part 2 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Art by Al Davidson.
Travel through interstellar space can be strange. One jump by the Marcus Garvey creates an "immaculate", a completely pure being created out of nothing. This being and Johnathan Cave seem strangely drawn to each other. Unfortunately Johnathans brother Daniel is attracted too, but his feelings towards the newcomer verge on the homicidal.
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Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Part Three." Part 3 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Pencils by Al Davidson. Inks by Kim DeMulder.
The Immaculate, now named Ildiko, grows more and more self aware. In a trance, she tells Johnathan about a race called the IntilImani who have evolved to such a degree that they could control reality. Is this how the city of Vermillion came into being? Johnathan has no time to ponder this as Ildiko leads him into another reality to prove her story.
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Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Part Five." Part 5 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Pencils by Al Davidson. Inks by Kim DeMulder.
As the fugitives try to escape the Marcus Garvey, they are pursued by the horribly mutated ships captain. As their numbers dwindle, the group realizes their only hope may be to make it to the control room and take control of the ship.
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Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Part Six." Part 6 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Pencils by Al Davidson. Inks by Kim DeMulder.
After a perilous journey down the drop shaft of the ship, Johnathan Cave and friends arrive at the control room of the Marcus Garvey. But there is one more surprise awaiting them. Will they be able to overcome it and stop the IntilImanis restructuring of reality?
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Cover by Mike Kaluta. "Starlight Drive, Epilogue." Part 7 of 7. Story by Lucius Shepard. Pencils by Al Davidson. Inks by Kim DeMulder.
The city of Vermillion has been created by the IntilImani, but only Johnathan Cave remembers before it existed. One of the IntilImani lives in the city in human form, and Johnathan is intent on gaining revenge for all of the people whose past lives were erased.
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Untitled story by Lucius Shepard. Art and cover by John Totleben.
As Johnathan Cave tries to cope with the horrors he has seen recently, he sets off on a drinking tour of the seedier sights of Vermillion. In an old carnival boardwalk he may find the seeds to his spiritual salvation.
32 pages. Full color. Cover price $2.50.
The series narrates the tale of its major protagonist Jonathan Cave, to a man named Brother Fry. It describes the last days of a previous universe whose destruction in turn spawned the never-ending dystopian city-universe of Vermillion.
Covers by Mike Kaluta, story by Lucius Shepard, art by Al Davison.
Issues 2, 3, 5, 7 & 12
