Brass Sun

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Brass Sun
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The cover of Brass Sun: The Wheel of Worlds (2014, Rebellion, ISBN   9781781082690). Art by INJ Culbard.
Publication information
Publisher 2000 AD
Format Ongoing series
Genre Science fantasy, Steampunk, Adventure
Publication dateSeptember 2012
Creative team
Created by Ian Edginton
I. N. J. Culbard
Written by Ian Edginton
Artist(s) I. N. J. Culbard
Letterer(s) Ellie De Ville
Collected editions
Hardcover ISBN   9781781082690

Brass Sun is a work of steampunk science fantasy. It was created by writer Ian Edginton and artist I. N. J. Culbard and is published in the British comics anthology 2000 AD , where it first appeared in 2012.

Contents

Premise

The story takes place in a full-size orrery. Wren, the young protagonist, undertakes a quest to restart the dying brass sun at the centre of a gigantic mechanical solar system containing dozens of worlds and moons, all connected via colossal spars.

Creation

Edginton got the idea for the series while speculating about full-scale versions of orreries. [1] The character of Wren was conceived as a capable female character that young girls can relate to. [2]

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Publications

Series

In 2014, the first three storylines were published by Rebellion as a six-issue limited series from May to October.

Cover art

Collected editions

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