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-Caine, son of Adam. Inventor of murder. Cursed by God. The closest thing this doomed world has to a savior. It's 1,600 years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and Stone Age marauders roam the land. Murder and destruciton are the rules of the day. This is the story of man on the verge of his first apocalypse. This is life before the Flood. Welcome to the world of the Goddamned.---page 4 of cover
About the author
Jason Aaron is a comic book writer best known for his work on the critically acclaimed crime series
Scalped for Vertigo Comics and the Eisner-nominated SOUTHERN BASTARDS from Image Comics, as well as for various celebrated projects with Marvel Comics.
Aaron’s current work for Marvel includes the creation of the headline-grabbing female version of
Thor and the launch of an all-new
Star Wars series, the first issue of which sold over one million copies to become the best-selling American comic book in more than 20 years.
Aaron was born in Alabama but currently resides in Kansas City. He enjoys many things but shaving is not one of them.
Summary
"And the earth was filled with violence."
--Genesis 6:11
Its 1655
years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man
is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and stone-age
marauders roam the land. Murder and destruction are the rule of the day.
Humankind is a failed experiment. This is life before the Flood. The story of
man on the verge of his first apocalypse. Welcome to the world of THE
GODDAMNED.
Writer Jason Aaron & artist r.m.Guéra, the creators
of the seminal crime series Scalped, reunite for a new ongoing series of stark
and brutal biblical noir.
Collecting issues 1 through 5.
