Fire (Image Comics)
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Fire | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Caliber Comics Image Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | |
Publication date | January – February 1993 |
No. of issues | 2 |
Creative team | |
Created by | Brian Michael Bendis |
Written by | ISBN 1-58240-071-7 |
Fire was originally a two-issue
Fire was among Bendis's first works to draw critical acclaim. Its success gave him a much wider audience and helped pave the way for A.K.A. Goldfish and Jinx.
Plot synopsis
The story, a
Ben passes and becomes an agent under the command of Linda Dagger. He is placed in England to pose as a journalist named Jake Donaldson, and he is dispatched from time-to-time to set up assassinations in places around the world ranging from Japan to Brazil. He gradually becomes disillusioned with his lifestyle and job, and he begins to suspect that he is being set up himself.
One day, D. D., who had previously always treated him coldly, has sex with him. When Ben wakes up the next day, he is attacked by contract killers; Ben kills them and then breaks into CIA headquarters. He discovers that Project Fire is not a new experimental project, but rather something that has been going on for years; each such Project Fire agent is killed once the agent's superiors decide he has become a liability. Ben attempts to escape with the information, but he is captured by Linda Dagger.
Dagger sends D. D. to kill Ben, but Ben kills D. D. instead and escapes. He tries to send the information he has to a journalist to publicize, but before he can, at the end of the comic, Dagger finds him again and informs him that he either works for her or dies.
Collected editions
The series has been collected as a trade paperback:
- Project Fire Complete (114 pages, ISBN 0-941613-61-5)
- Fire (120 pages, ISBN 1-58240-071-7)
Film adaptation
Notes
- ^ "Zac Efron to Star in Spy Thriller". ABC News. January 28, 2010.
- ^ Warmoth, Brian (January 28, 2010). "Brian Bendis Adapting 'Fire' Comic Book For Zac Efron". Splash Page. MTV.com. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
References
- Fire at the Grand Comics Database
- Fire at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)