Sweet Tooth



Sweet Tooth is published by DC Comics under the Black Label imprint. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * Sweet Tooth: The Return #5: 09 Mar 2021

Current Issue

 * Sweet Tooth: The Return #6: 13 Apr 2021

Next Issue

 * none

Status
A six-issue series, The Return, started November 2020.

Main Characters

 * Gus


 * Jepperd

Trade Paperbacks

 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 1: Out of the Woods - Collects #1-5. "Introduce[s] Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid who was raised in isolation following a pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, with the death of his father, he’s left to fend for himself... until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd, who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find ‘The Preserve,’ a refuge for hybrids." - -  -


 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 2: In Captivity - Collects #6-11. "Learn the heartbreaking story of Jeppard and how he went from devoted husband to ruthless mercenary. Meanwhile, Gus is held captive with other hybrid creatures in a camp where he meets a scientist studying the plague that’s wiped out so much of the world." - -  -


 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 3: Animal Armies - Collects #12-17. "Gus and the other hybrid kids meet a new ally in the militia camp, but will he help them find a way out? And Jepperd begins to assemble an army of his own to take down the militia camp. But can he control the forces he’s set in motion?" - -  -


 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 4: Endangered Species - Collects #18-25. "Gus reluctantly joins Jepperd on a missing persons hunt as the tension between the two continues to grow. Meanwhile, Lucy and the girls meet the enigmatic Walter Fish." - -  -


 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 5: Unnatural Habitats - Collects #26-32. "Captain James Thacker’s expedition discovers deadly, centuries-old secrets. Plus, while Jeppard and Gus head for Alaska, things deteriorate for those left at the sanctuary." - -


 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 6: Wild Game - Collects #33-40. "Dr. Singh arrives in Alaska and uncovers both the origins of Gus and the hybrid children and the cause of the plague that decimated the world. And as Gus and Jepperd come face to face with the truth, the militia continues to bear down on them." - -


 * Sweet Tooth: The Return - Collects The Return #1-6. "A young boy with antlers and deer-like features wakes in a bizarre and completely foreign world where the last humans struggle to survive. They tell the boy he is special, he is chosen, and that he alone can lead them back to a world dominated by the oppressive Hybrids." - - (forthcoming, August 2021)


 * Sweet Tooth, Book One - Collects #1-12. -


 * Sweet Tooth, Book Two - Collects #13-25. -


 * Sweet Tooth, Book Three - Collects #26-40. -


 * Sweet Tooth Compendium - Collects #1-40. - - (forthcoming, July 2021)

Hardcovers

 * Sweet Tooth Deluxe Edition Book One - Collects #1-12. -


 * Sweet Tooth Deluxe Edition Book Two - Collects #13-25. -


 * Sweet Tooth Deluxe Edition Book Three - Collects #26-40. -

Creative Team
Writer/Artist/Covers/Creator: Jeff Lemire.

Publishing History

 * Volume 1: #1-40, 2009-2013.
 * The Return: #1-6, 2020-2021

Future Publication Dates

 * Sweet Tooth Compendium TP: 27 Jul 2021
 * Sweet Tooth: The Return TP: 17 Aug 2021

News & Features

 * 18 Oct 2012 - NYCC 2012: Jeff Lemire Talks Sweet Tooth, Trillium
 * 23 May 2012 - Jeff Lemire Talks Extracting His Sweet Tooth & New Projects
 * 07 May 2012 - Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth Ending with December's Issue #40
 * 04 Oct 2011 - Jeff Lemire Interview
 * 28 Dec 2010 - Jeff Lemire Part 2: Superboy Writer Talks Sweet Tooth
 * 14 Dec 2010 - DC Writer's Relay: Snyder on Lemire
 * 27 Aug 2009 - Tales of the Country: Jeff Lemire shrugs off comics' urban obsession
 * 08 Jul 2009 - Wednesday Interview: Jeff Lemire
 * 07 Jul 2009 - Lemire on Essex County & New Vertigo Work

Links

 * DC Comics - Publisher's Website