The Sisterhood of Steel was a series of comics by Christy Marx

Christy Marx

Christy Marx grew up in Danville, Illinois and is an American writer and a photographer. She has written scripts for various episodes of TV-series, mainly for kids' shows, including Jem, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Conan the Adventurer, G.I. Joe, Hypernauts, Captain Power and others...

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In the series, a society of warrior-women has survived for generations by hiring out its elite forces. Each Sister has been trained in the art of battle since childhood. The series focuses on the life of Boronwë, a young woman coming of age in a world where survival rests on the edge of a blade.

Publication history

They were first published as an eight-issue limited series

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 by Epic Comics

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, a division of Marvel Comics

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 that specialized in creator-owned

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 books for an adult audience. Mike Vosburg

Mike Vosburg

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 did the artwork.

Marx and Epic were in negotiations to continue with a series of graphic novel

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s, until this was derailed in a disagreement over content restrictions on the books.

Subsequently, Marx took the series to Eclipse Comics

Eclipse Comics

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, which in partnership with Moonfire Productions (Marx's self-publishing

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 imprint), published the graphic novel, Boronwë: Daughter of Death, in both paperback and hardcover. Peter Ledger

Peter Ledger

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illustrated it.