Sigil (comics)
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Cover to Sigil #1
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | CrossGen Entertainment |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date(s) | July 2000 – December 2003 |
| No. of issues | 42 |
| Main character(s) |
Sam Rey Roiya Sintor JeMerik Meer Zanniati Oribatta |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Mark Alessi, Gina M. Villa |
| Written by |
Barbara Kesel Mark Waid Chuck Dixon |
| Penciller(s) | Ben Lai |
| Inker(s) | Ray Lai |
| Colorist(s) | Wil Quintana |
Sigil is an American comic book series published by CrossGen Entertainment from July 2000 to December 2003, ending at issue forty-two. Sigil was one of the publisher's first four titles (the others are Mystic, Scion, and Meridian), a science fiction space opera, originally created by Mark Alessi and Gina M. Villa. The book is one of many from the publisher that took place in the Sigilverse, or the CrossGen universe.
In 2011, Sigil was part of Marvel Comics' relaunch of the Crossgen Universe.
The bulk of Sigil takes place on and around the worlds of the Planetary Union, a group of five human-inhabited planets: Gaia (believed to be humanity's homeworld), Brejhur, Delassia, Kayseecay, and Victor. Humans have also colonized the neutral world of Tanipal, which seceded from the Union some time before the series opened. Tanipal is ruled by the Sultan Ronolo.
As the series opens, the Planetary Union has been at war with the Saurians, a starfaring race of reptilian humanoids, for several centuries. The size of the saurian empire is never revealed in the series, but its capital is the saurian homeworld, Tcharun.
Samandahl "Sam" Rey was a former soldier for the Planetary Union. He and his good friend Roiya Sintor were laid off from the army due to cut-backs, and became mercenaries. The pair were “vacationing” on the pleasure world of Tanipal when the series began. While on Tanipal, Sam and Roiya meet the beautiful Zanniati Oribatta and her bodyguard, an orange eyed-man named JeMerik Meer; these four would be inseparable for the rest of the series.
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