Dates
- Cover date
- November 2009
- On sale
- September 2, 2009
- In stores
- September 2, 2009
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers
Story arc: Out of the Deep Woods
This is part 1 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Sweet Tooth #1
- Sweet Tooth #2
- Sweet Tooth #3
- Sweet Tooth #4
- Sweet Tooth #5
Creators
Stories
- Out of the Deep Woods Part One · 22 pages
Gus, a young human-deer hybrid, lives with his father in the seclusion of the woods. When his father dies, Gus decides to journey out into the world, even though his father always warned him about the dangers.
Publisher’s description
From out of the deep woods and the mind of acclaimed indie cartoonist Jeff Lemire (THE NOBODY, The Essex County Trilogy) comes a new Vertigo monthly ongoing series like no other! After being raised in total isolation, Gus – a boy born with deer-like antlers – is left to survive in an American landscape devastated a decade earlier by an inexplicable pandemic. Even more remarkable is that Gus is part of a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children who have emerged in its wake, all apparently immune to the infection.Enter Jepperd, a violent, hulking drifter who soon takes in Gus and promises to lead him to "The Preserve," a fabled safe-haven for hybrid children. Along the way they'll have to contend with science militias, deadly scavengers, rival bounty hunters, and hybrid worshipping cultists as they fight to make it to safety and solve the mysteries of this deadly new frontier. This bizarre and haunting new series is boldly written and illustrated by Eisner-nominated creator Jeff Lemire and elegantly colored by fellow Eisner nominee Jose Villarubia. A little boy with antlers, a big man with guns, a world without hope – SWEET TOOTH #1 ships in September for only $1.00!
Reprinted in
Sweet Tooth (2010), Sweet Tooth: The Deluxe Edition (2015), Sweet Tooth (2017), Sweet Tooth Compendium (2021)