Bad Boy | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Oni Press |
Format | One-shot |
Genre | |
Publication date | December 1997 |
No. of issues | 1 |
Creative team | |
Written by | Frank Miller |
Artist(s) | Simon Bisley |
Letterer(s) | Angus McKie |
Colorist(s) | Angus McKie |
Editor(s) | Bob Schreck Diana Schutz |
Collected editions | |
Hardcover | ISBN 1-933305-54-1 |
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It was republished in July 2008 in hardcover format by Dynamite Entertainment with two covers, one by Bisley and the other by Miller.
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