Monstress Compendium One: (Vol. 1-8)

“World-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics.” —The Hollywood Reporter The richly imagined world of MONSTRESS is an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia, with an art deco-infused steampunk aesthetic that's brimming with arcane dangers. Within it, a teenage girl struggles to overcome the trauma of war, a task that's made all the more difficult by her mysterious psychic link to an eldritch monster of tremendous power—a connection that will transform them both, and place them in the crosshairs of both human and otherworldly powers. This paperback from Image Comics is an easy hand-sell for horror readers and customers who want a graphic novel with immediate shelf appeal. At 1408 pages, it feels like a strong fit for darker genre sections and impulse pickups alike.