True Blood #4

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TRUE BLOOD created by

Alan Ball written by

Michael McMillian and Annie Nocenti art by

colors by

Michael Gaydos

Marcelo Maiolo

letters by

edits by

Neil Uyetake

Denton J. Tipton

story editor for HBO

Gianna Sobol THE STORY SO FAR...

TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... where vampires have emerged from the coffin and no longer need humans for their fix.

Sookie Stackhouse works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte’s, but she’s in the debt of Eric Northman, the vampire sheriff of her area. Sookie is summoned to work at Eric’s vampire bar, Fangtasia, for the night, only to find herself in the middle of a centuries-old conflict. Remus, an ancient enemy of Eric’s, is seeking retribution for the death of his “nest” at Eric’s hand, targeting the members of Eric’s own nest, including Sookie.

Special thanks to Janis Fein, James Costos, Benjamin Hayes, Stacey Abiraj, and everyone else at HBO for their invaluable assistance.

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TRUE BLOOD #4. AUGUST 2012. FIRST PRINTING. Official HBO Licensed Product © 2012 Home Box Office, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HBO and related trademarks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. IDW Publishing authorized user. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea.

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