Sweet Tooth



Sweet Tooth is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint. Current price per issue is $2.99.

Last Issue

 * Sweet Tooth #39: 07 Nov 2012

Current Issue

 * Sweet Tooth #40: 09 Jan 2013

Next Issue

 * none

Status
Monthly series. Final issue is #40.

Main Characters

 * Gus


 * Jepperd

Sweet Tooth #40
This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue.

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." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401226965


 * 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." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401228542


 * 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?" - WorldCat - ISBN 1401231705


 * 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." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401233619


 * 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." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401237231


 * 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." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401240291 - (forthcoming, June 2013)

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

Publishing History
First published in 2009.

Future Publication Dates
Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.


 * Sweet Tooth, vol. 6: Wild Game TP: 19 Jun 2013

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