Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics)

Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Promise hardcover collection
Publication information
Title(s) The Promise (3 parts) (2012) The Search (3 parts) (2013) The Rift (3 parts) (2014) Smoke and Shadow (3 parts) (2015–16)
Formats	Series of original graphic novels
Genre	Fantasy comics
Publication date	January 2012 – Present
Creative team
Writer(s)	Gene Luen Yang Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko
Artist(s)	Gurihiru
Letterer(s)	Michael Heisler
Editor(s)	Dave Marshall

The Avatar: The Last Airbender comics are a continuation of the original Nickelodeon animated television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and is the only Avatar series that is currently running.

Titles

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures

The Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures graphic novel collected long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Avatar: The Last Airbender DVD collections, in addition to brand-new comics pages. Published on June 15, 2011, it was an anthology that included twenty-eight stories by various writers and artists, many of whom worked on the original animated series.^[1]

Book	Title	Story	Art	Colors	Lettering
Book One: Water	Bee Calm	Joshua Hamilton John O'Bryan	Justin Ridge	Hye Jung Kim	Clem Robins
	Water War	Tim Hedrick	Justin Ridge		Comicraft
	Don't Blow It!	Alsion Wilgus	Elsa Garagarza	Wes Dzioba
	Relics	Johane Matte Joshua Hamilton	Johane Matte	Hye Jung Kim
	Momo in "Fruit-stand Freestyle"	Brian Ralph
Book Two: Earth	Sleepbending	Joshua Hamilton	Joaquim Dos Santos	Hye Jung Kim	Clem Robins
	Lessons	Johane Matte		Wes Dzioba	Comicraft
	Sokka the Avatar	Joshua Hamilton	Justin Ridge	Sno Cone Studios
	Dirty is Only Skin Deep	J. Torres	Gurihiru
	Divided We Fall	Frank Pittarese	Justin Ridge	Hye Jung Kim Wes Dzioba
	Reach for the Toph	J. Torres	Corey Lewis
	It's Only Natural!	Johane Matte Joshua Hamilton	Johane Matte	Wes Dzioba
	Going Home Again	Aaron Ehasz May Chan Katie Mattila Alison Wilgus	Amy Kim Ganter
	The Bridge	Joshua Hamilton Tim Hedrick Aaron Ehasz Frank Pittarese	Reagan Lodge
Book Three: Fire	Private Fire	Joshua Hamilton	Johane Matte	Wes Dzioba	Comicraft
	Night Animals	Katie Mattila	Justin Ridge
	Boys' Day Out	Alison Wilgus	Gurihiru
	Ember Island Arcade	Corey Lewis
	Monster Slayer	J. Torres	Gurihiru
	Combustion Man on a Train	Alison Wilgus Rawles Lumumba	Tom McWeeney	Wes Dzioba
	Swordbending	Alison Wilgus	Justin Ridge
	No Benders Allowed		Elsa Garagarza
	Love is a Battlefield	J. Torres	Gurihiru
	Dragon Days	Alison Wilgus	Johane Matte (framing sequence) Tom McWeeney (flashback)	Wes Dzioba
	Game Time!	Katie Mattila	Justin Ridge	Hye Jung Kim
	Bumi VS. Toph	Johane Matte Joshua Hamilton	Johane Matte
Bonus Stories	New Recruits	Dave Roman	Justin Ridge	Sno Cone Studios Hye Jung Kim	Comicraft
	Gym Time	Alison Wilgus	Ethan Spaulding	Wes Dzioba

Graphic Novel Trilogies

A series of graphic novels trilogies written by Gene Yang and published by Dark Horse Comics that serve as a continuation of the Avatar: The Last Airbender television series.

Title	Date	Story	Script	Art	Notes
The Promise	January 26, 2012	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang	Gene Luen Yang	Gurihiru
	May 30, 2012				[2]
	September 26, 2012				[3]
The Search	March 20, 2013	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang	Gene Luen Yang	Gurihiru	[4]
	July 10, 2013				[5]
	October 30, 2013				[6]
The Rift	March 5, 2014	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang	Gene Luen Yang	Gurihiru	[7][8]
	July 16, 2014				[9]
	November 18, 2014				[10]
Smoke and Shadow	October 6, 2015	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang	Gene Luen Yang	Gurihiru
	December 29, 2015
	April 12, 2016[11]
North and South	September 28, 2016	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gene Luen Yang	Gene Luen Yang	Gurihiru
	January 25, 2017
	April 26, 2017[12]

Free Comic Book Day issues

Since 2013, there has been a short comic of Avatar: The Last Airbender in each of Dark Horse's Free Comic Book Day comics.

Title	Date	Story	Art	Collection
Rebound	May 4, 2013	Gene Yang	Ryan Hill	Star Wars - Captain Midnight - Avatar: The Last Airbender
Shells	May 3, 2014	Gene Yang	Faith Erin Hicks	Avatar: The Last Airbender - Itty Bitty Hellboy - Juice Squeezers
Sisters	May 2, 2015	Gene Yang	Carla Speed McNeil	Avatar: The Last Airbender - Plants vs. Zombies - Bandette

Library edition hardcovers

Material from the original graphic novels is collected in an oversized library edition featuring notes from the creators and a sketchbook section.

Volume	Title	Date	Collects	ISBN	Notes
1	The Promise	20 February 2013	The Promise 1-3	ISBN 9781616550745	[13]
2	The Search	5 February 2014	The Search 1-3	ISBN 9781616552268	[14]
3	The Rift	24 February 2015	The Rift 1-3	ISBN 9781616555504	[15]
4	Smoke and Shadow	21 September 2016	Smoke and Shadow 1-3	ISBN 9781506700137	[16]

Film prequel graphic novel

Zuko's Story is a short comic that serves as a prequel to the heavily criticized 2010 film, The Last Airbender.

Title	Date	Story	Script	Art
Zuko's Story	18 May 2010	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Dave Roman Alison Wilgus	Dave Roman Alison Wilgus	Nina Matsumoto

References

1. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
2. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Part Two)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
3. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Part Three)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
4. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Part One)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
5. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Part Two)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
6. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Part Three)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
7. Phegley, Kiel. "SDCC Exclusive: Yang Takes "Avatar: The Last Airbender" to "The Rift"". News article. Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
8. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Part One)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
9. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Part Two)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
10. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Part Three)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
11. http://www.amazon.com/Avatar-Last-Airbender-Smoke-Shadow-Three/dp/1616558385/
12. http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/exclusive-new-avatar-the-last-airbender-graphic-novel-series-debuts-in-2016
13. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Library Edition Hadrcover)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
14. "Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Library Edition Hadrcover)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
15. "Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift". Edelweiss. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
16. "Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

External links

• Dark Horse Comics