First Graphic Novel Volume 2 Magnificent Tension

(W) Barbara Kesel (A) Andrea DiVito, Bart Sears (CA) Michael Atiyeh, Bart Sears
by Barbara Kesel & Various
Collecting The First #8-13, plus almost 30 pages of back-up stories, this volume continues the personality politics of the "First," gods of the CrossGen Universe in the process of being deposed from that self-proclaimed role because of the creation of the Sigil-Bearers. Anxiety over the powerful new arrivals has ruptured the fault lines in the social structure of the First, causing Ingra, Leader of House Sinister, to make a bold move to begin her planned takeover of House Dexter. Seahn has collected together the unhappy second-born, ready to demand that they be given equal status to the First. Persha, Ingra's daughter, sneaks over to House Dexter to meet Pyrem, her father and Leader of that House. And Gannish the Truthseeker visits a small blue-green globe and learns a frightening truth about the reality of the First. Written by Barbara Kesel, with art by Bart Sears, Andrea Di Vito, and Andy Smith, with inks by Smith, Rob Hunter, Andrew Hennessy, John Dell, Drew Geraci, and colors by Mike Atiyeh, Jason Lambert, and Rob Schwager. New cover by Bart Sears and Michael Atiyeh.