Dates
- Cover date
- June 2009
- On sale
- June 3, 2009
- In stores
- June 3, 2009
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Editions and covers (5)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 70985300808800112
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Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 70985300808800111
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth Printing
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Story arc: Taster's Choice
This is part 1 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Taster's Choice, 1 of 5 · 22 pages
Tony and John stake out a suspected distribution point for illegal chicken meat. When Tony and John sample the illegal meals, Tony learns that one of the cooks is a serial killer. The killer throws a cleaver at John's face and then cuts his own throat rather than allow Tony to arrest him. Due to the odd circumstances in which Tony comes up with the evidence, the police department wants to fire him, but Mason Savoy announces that Tony has been recruited and hired by the F.D.A.
Publisher’s description
Tony Chu is a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. It's a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice. And if that wasn't bad enough, the government has figured out Tony Chu's secret. They have plans for him, whether he likes it or not. Presenting a twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants, written by John Layman (Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, House of M: Fantastic Four and Puffed) with mind-blowing art by astonishing comics newcomer Rob Guillory.
Reprinted in
The Walking Dead (2003), Chew (2009), Chew: The Omnivore Edition (2010), Image Firsts: Chew (2010)