Mystery Society
No. of pages 156
Published: 2013
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- Together, Nick and Anastasia - husband and wife - are the Mystery Society. They are rich, resourceful, refined, and determined to uncover the paranormal secrets of the world's underbelly... and in need of new recruits. Their first case: finding the missing skull of Edgar Allan Poe. In the 2013 Special, our outlandish heroes plumb the depths of the ocean to carry out an exchange with an eccentric collector who isn't what he seems.
- This hardcover collects the five-issue series and the 2013 Special into one oversized book.
There are 156 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2013 by Idea & Design Works .
Steve Niles is a comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night , Criminal Macabre , Simon Dark , Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line . He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence. Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night , Criminal Macabre , Simon Dark , Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line . He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence. Fiona Staples is a comic book artist living in Calgary, Canada. She has illustrated comics such as Mystery Society , Done to Death , Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor , Jonah Hex , and Northlanders , and contributed covers to DV8, T. H. U. N. D. E. R. Agents, Criminal Macabre, Superman/Batman, Archie , and more. Her work on the 2009 horror series North 40 was nominated for an Eisner Award, and she took home the 2011 Shuster Award for Outstanding Cover Artist. She's currently working on the ongoing Image series Saga , with writer Brian K. Vaughan.