Saint Sinner is a horror

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

/fantasy

Fantasy

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 comic book

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 published by Marvel Comics

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 as a part of the Razorline

Razorline

Razorline was an imprint of American comic book company Marvel Comics that ran from 1993-1995. It was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, with its characters existing in one of the many alternate universes outside the mainstream continuity known as the Marvel...

 imprint

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. All of the Razorline titles were creations of horror/fantasy writer and filmmaker Clive Barker

Clive Barker

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 and he described the series as "Saint Sinner is just a wild one, the series which hopefully will press the limits of what comics can do."

Aside from the title, it is unrelated to the Barker-produced telefilm Saint Sinner

Saint Sinner (film)

Saint Sinner is a 2002 TV horror film written by Clive Barker. Aside from the title, it is unrelated to the comic book series published by Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint and created by Barker. In this movie, an immortal monk hunts down two succubi. It premiered on the U.S. Sci Fi Channel on...

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Publication history

Saint Sinner was published for seven issues (Oct. 1993 - April 1994) before being discontinued with the rest of the Razorline titles. The writing for all seven issues was done by Elaine Lee

Elaine Lee

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, with the art split between Max Douglas

Max Douglas

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 (first three issues), Richard Pace (fourth-issue breakdowns

Script breakdown

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, finished by Douglas; fifth-issue pencils, inked by Douglas) and Larry Brown (final two issues).

The final release of the Razorline imprint was Ectokid Unleashed, a 48-page one-shot that also contained a Saint Sinner prose

Prose

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 short story by Elaine Lee

Elaine Lee

Elaine Lee is an American actor, playwright, comic book colorist and comic book writer.-Theatre:She received a 1980 Daytime EMMY nomination for her role on NBC-TV’s The Doctors and was a founding member and artistic director of Manhattan-based theatre company, Wild Hair Productions.Wild Hair began...

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Fictional character biography

Saint Sinner is centered on Philip Fetter, a man possessed

Spiritual possession

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 by both a demon

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 and an angel

Angel

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. With the ability to evolve or regress anyone from superhuman to primal beast, Fetter travels the world changing lives.