Publication history
The comic first appeared as a short story called The Spook in the anthology comic Actionopolis in 2001, published by Antarctic Press. The eight page story was written and drawn by creator Shannon Eric Denton.
Notable events of 2001 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
The Spook also appeared on the webcomics site Komikwerks around the same time. In 2003 Denton partnered with Keith Giffen to expand on the mythology of the character and the webcomic was retitled The Revenant.
Komikwerks is a comic publisher founded in 2000 by animation professional Shannon Denton and Internet design professional Patrick Coyle.
In 2007 Image Comics (under the Shadowline imprint) solicited orders for a three-issue mini-series based on the character, written by Rob Worley and illustrated by Mateus Santolouco and slated for publication in February, March and April 2008. However, the series was not released.
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Subsequently Desperado Publishing picked up the title and re solicited it as an original graphic novel. It was published in October 2008.
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