{"id":309657,"date":"2025-11-21T22:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/queen-of-the-damned-12-1993-innovation-unpublished\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T22:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:06:45","slug":"queen-of-the-damned-12-1993-innovation-unpublished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=309657","title":{"rendered":"Queen of the Damned #12 (1993 \u2013 Innovation) Unpublished"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Innovation was a publisher founded in 1988 with a focus on licensed properties, and I always thought they had excellent adaptations and new stories on the books, movies and TV shows they licensed.\u2002They became the 4th largest fourth publisher in the US before closing in the partial collapse of the direct market comics industry in 1994. <\/p>\n

After a successful adaption of Anne Rice\u2019s \u201cThe Vampire Lestat<\/a>\u201d (12 issues from 1989-1991), Innovation moved on to an adaptation of\u2002the other 2 books in Anne Rice\u2019s original Vampire trilogy with \u201cInterview With the Vampire<\/a>\u201d (12 issues from Aug 1991-Jan 1994) and \u201cQueen of Damned<\/a>\u201d (only 11 of the 12 issues were published from Oct 1991 \u2013 Dec 1993).<\/p>\n

Queen of the Damned is the series that ended up unfinished with the final 12th issue never being published due to Innovation\u2019s closure.<\/p>\n

Recently, the art to the entire unpublished issue #12 showed up for auction on MyComicShop.com.<\/p>\n

I bid on the auction, but tapped out at $2000 and someone else won the art, but I grabbed screenshots of the issue to share here.<\/p>\n

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The auction included publisher proofs of the front and back cover (shown above), but more significantly it included the complete original art for the issue including the front and back covers, pin-up (typically published on the inside back cover), and all 32 story pages (shown below). Additionally, the indicia, and a paste-up of the back cover with a photocopy of the art and stat of the credits lined up. <\/p>\n

The story pages and cover have transparent overlay sheets affixed to them where the title logo and word balloons are affixed which, unlike many painted original art pages, makes this issue readable for the first time.\u2002Many pages are signed by by Brazilian artist Octavio (OJ) Cariello. <\/p>\n

Front cover and interior pages measure 12 3\/4\u2033 x 17 1\/2\u2033, back cover art measures 13\u2033 x 15 3\/4\u2033, proofs measure 8 1\/2\u2033 x 11\u2033, back cover paste-up measures 11\u2033 x 17\u2033.<\/p>\n

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