Volume 1 - "Out of the Woods!" Collects Sweet Tooth (2009 DC/Vertigo) #1-5.Story and art by JEFF LEMIRE.The first five issues of Jeff Lemire's acclaimed new series introduce Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid who was raised in isolation following a pandemic that struck a decade earlier.Now, with the death of his father, he's left to fend for himself . . . until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd, who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find 'The Preserve,' a refuge for hybrids.Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Mature ReadersNOTE:"Writer and artist Jeff Lemire has created the new 'must read' book with SWEET TOOTH." - GEOFF JOHNS"Spellbinding and offbeat . . . emotionally charged." - USA TODAY"A grabber from the get-go..." - THE ONIONCover price $9.99.
