STEVEN GRANT'S WHISPER Set of 29 Issues

This collects Capital's Whisper #1 (of 2),  First Comics' Whisper #1-10, #16-27, #29-31, #34, #37 & Whisper Special #1. The critically acclaimed series by Steven Grant. First published by Capital, then First Comics (which ran #1-37), a very successful series. Alexis Devin was trained in the martial arts by her Japanese stepfather and this is just what saved her life when she became a target. She thought that putting on a mask would make her a superhero... but she quickly learns heroes aren't the kind you see in comic books. This interesting heroine began her her comics career as an early Independent title, published by then-comics distributor Capital Comics, aka Capital Distribution, who is the same publisher that kicked off Nexus. Then upstart publisher First Comics, who also brought to comics Grimjack and American Flagg by Howard Chaykin, took the title over, and it ran for a very successful 37 issues, from 1986 to 1990. Here's a good rundown on this heroine, which I've slightly adapted, from Writeups.org: She was born Alexis Devin, raised in Japan, where Hatsumi Jiro, her grandfather, trained her in aikido and infiltration. Jiro was Yakuza, and had some long-term projects for Alex. As a gaijin with poor social skills Alex was ostracized, and tried to defend herself against hostile Japanese schoolgirls. She later was sent back to America, where she didn’t fit in much better. She managed to get a little life, but still felt hollow inside. She then got dragged into her father and her grandfather’s criminal activities, and became Whisper. She thought that putting on a costume would make her a superhero, but what it really made her was a target. Her grandfather died. Her father was rendered a vegetable, and later died. Kirk, her boyfriend and the only person she ever loved, was killed by the CIA due to his anarchist activities (hacking, nuclear research and so on). After having spent years fighting, escaping death and moving among spooks, killers, criminals and corrupt civil servants, Diane became quite efficient at crimefighting. While she’s not a superhero, she has a cause and fights on. Out Of Print. Condition: Fine. Light cover and edge wear.