| The Crusades | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | June 2001 – December 2002 |
| No. of issues | 21 (Urban Decree one-shot, Crusades #1–20) |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Steven T. Seagle Kelley Jones |
| Written by | Steven T. Seagle |
| Penciller(s) | Kelley Jones |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1: The Knight | ISBN 978-1-60706-288-2 |
The Crusades is an American comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. It was created by writer Steven T. Seagle and artist Kelley Jones.
The series comprises a one-shot special entitled The Crusades: Urban Decree (which introduced the characters and premise) and an ongoing series, simply titled The Crusades which ran in comics cover dated between June 2001 and December 2002.
The series was set in a fictionalised San Francisco and featured a large cast of characters whose lives are thrown into disarray by the sudden appearance of a murderous 11th Century knight in the city. Main Characters included Anton Marx, a leftwing political radio "shock jock", his fact checker girlfriend Venus Kostopikas, her friend Detective Addas Petronas and the rival gangsters Tony Quetone and "the Pope".
Image Comics is releasing the series in two hardcovers:[1]