Hiding in Time
Encyclopedia
Hiding in Time is an Image Comics
mini-series
, edited and published in 2007 by Jim Valentino
at ShadowLine
Comics. The story was written by Christopher E. Long, penciled and inked by Ryan Winn
, and colored by Igor Noronha. The three-part series had a limited release but was well received and optioned by Warner Brothers for a major motion picture.
In the near future, the Witness Protection Program will relocate those who turn in State's Evidence to various eras in time. But the list of transplanted witnesses is discovered and hit squads are sent through time. The protagonist
, Nathan Crew – a simple technician in the now-defunct Time Portal Division of the WPP – is forced to travel back in time to try and warn the witnesses.
Issue Two
Abraham Smith has been relocated to 1774 but is followed by three assassins from the future. Outgunned and outnumbered he must decide whether to abandon his new life and family.
Issue Three
Nathan Crew is an accidental tourist in Colonial America who is swept up in the events unfolding before him, including having Benjamin Franklin
coax him into being an unwitting participant in the Boston Tea Party
. But his vacation comes to an abrupt end when three killers from the future arrive to settle accounts.
Comic Book Resources gave readers a 9 page sneak preview of the first issue in July 2007 and a 5 page preview of the third issue in October 2007.
Issue #2 was solicited with an alternative cover image that was not printed.
Image Comics
Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
mini-series
Limited series
A limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
, edited and published in 2007 by Jim Valentino
Jim Valentino
Jim Valentino is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books.-1970s - 1992:Valentino began his career in the late 1970s creating small press and mostly autobiographical comics. The early-mid 1980s saw normalman which first appeared as a back-up story in Aardvark-Vanaheim's...
at ShadowLine
ShadowLine
Shadowline is a partner studio of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk.-History:...
Comics. The story was written by Christopher E. Long, penciled and inked by Ryan Winn
Ryan Winn
Ryan Winn is an American comic book artist and inker residing in Orange County, CA. He frequently contributes artwork for DC Comics and starting in early 2011, he will be working on Batman with artist Tony Daniel.-Career:...
, and colored by Igor Noronha. The three-part series had a limited release but was well received and optioned by Warner Brothers for a major motion picture.
Synopsis
Issue OneIn the near future, the Witness Protection Program will relocate those who turn in State's Evidence to various eras in time. But the list of transplanted witnesses is discovered and hit squads are sent through time. The protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
, Nathan Crew – a simple technician in the now-defunct Time Portal Division of the WPP – is forced to travel back in time to try and warn the witnesses.
Issue Two
Abraham Smith has been relocated to 1774 but is followed by three assassins from the future. Outgunned and outnumbered he must decide whether to abandon his new life and family.
Issue Three
Nathan Crew is an accidental tourist in Colonial America who is swept up in the events unfolding before him, including having Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
coax him into being an unwitting participant in the Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies...
. But his vacation comes to an abrupt end when three killers from the future arrive to settle accounts.
Press and Previews
During an interview with Comic Book Resources, Christopher Long and Ryan Winn promoted the release of the series that was originally slated to be a four-issue series. The series was eventually published as only three issues.Comic Book Resources gave readers a 9 page sneak preview of the first issue in July 2007 and a 5 page preview of the third issue in October 2007.
Issue #2 was solicited with an alternative cover image that was not printed.
Publication history
- Hiding in Time # 1 was published July 2007. Its original cover price $3.50.
- Hiding in Time # 2 was published Published August 2007. Its original cover price $3.50.
- Hiding in Time # 3 was published Published October 2007. Its original cover price $3.50.