{{Short description|Comic book series}} {{Infobox comic book title <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> |image = Anna Mercury 1.png |caption =The cover to ''Anna Mercury'' #1, art by Facundo Percio. |schedule = |limited = y |SciFi = y |publisher = Avatar Press |startmo = March |startyr = 2008 |endmo = December |endyr = 2009 |issues = 10 (5 + 5) |main_char_team = Anna Mercury |writers = Warren Ellis |artists = Facundo Percio |pencillers = |inkers = |letterers = |colorists = Greg Waller<br/>Digikore Studios<br/>Paul Duffield |editors = William A. Christensen |creative_team_month = |creative_team_year = |creators = Warren Ellis |TPB = The Cutter |ISBN = 1-59291-067-X |subcat = Avatar Press |sort = Anna Mercury }} '''''Anna Mercury''''' is an American creator-owned comic book series created by writer Warren Ellis and artist Facundo Percio. Two five-issue series featuring the character have been published by Avatar Press.
==Creation and publication history== Ellis compared the character to a mix of Daredevil, Lara Croft and a character from ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', also noting the influence of science fiction pulp magazines<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.previewsworld.com/Article/66025-WARREN-ELLIS-INTERVIEW--THE-DIRT-ON-ANNA-MERCURY|title=WARREN ELLIS INTERVIEW--THE DIRT ON ANNA MERCURY|website=www.previewsworld.com}}</ref> and the ''Lensman'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/who-is-anna-mercury-warren-ellis-gives-hints/|title=Who is "Anna Mercury?" Warren Ellis Gives Hints|first=Shaun|last=Manning|date=February 14, 2008|website=CBR}}</ref>
The writer had first worked with Percio on Ellis' webcomic ''FreakAngels'', noting that he loved the fusion of European-style illustration with Anglo-American comics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avatarpress.com/titles/warren-ellis-anna-mercury/|title=Warren Ellis' ANNA MERCURY|date=January 24, 2008|website=Avatar Press}}</ref> ''Anna Mercury'' was the first of a planned series of limited series for Avatar, a format Ellis felt was "the future".<ref name="auto"/>
The character debuted in April 2008 in a five-part limited series. A second five-part series, ''Anna Mercury 2'', followed in 2009, but only three of the issues were published. In 2012, Ellis said that the conclusion - reworked as a double-length one-shot - was partly complete. {{As of|2024}} no more information about the series has been released.
==Synopsis== Anna Mercury is a vinyl-clad, red-headed hero who travels between divergent worlds, fighting to keep advanced weaponry from being used by more primitive worlds. Among these are the city of New Ataraxia, where she is often considered an urban myth.
On Earth, in the modern day United Kingdom, Anna Mercury is actually Anna Louise Britton, an agent of the government, tasked with missions in the nine divergent worlds adjacent to our own. Anna's travels through the space between worlds charges her equipment that lets her defy gravity, move through solid objects, and perform other feats, though the energy is limited and must be monitored closely.
==Collected editions== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Title !! ISBN !! Release date !! Issues |- | ''Anna Mercury - The Cutter'' | {{ISBNT|9781592910663}} |March 2009 | ''Anna Mercury'' #1-5 |}
==Reception== The first issue of ''Anna Mercury'' was chosen for Comics Bulletin's "Sunday Slugfest", and all three reviewers gave the issue four 'bullets' out of five.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/120751005233023.htm|title=Sunday Slugfest: Anna Mercury #1 (of 5) Review - Line of Fire Reviews - Comics Bulletin|date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205636/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/120751005233023.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> Rich Johnston was positive about the first issue of ''Anna Mercury 2'' in a review for Bleeding Cool: "It's big, it's bold and it's brash but it also has the depth and background and even occasional tenderness of the likes of ''Planetary''".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/review-anna-mercury-volume-2-1/ |title=Review: Anna Mercury Volume 2 #1 |first=Rich |last=Johnston |date=June 4, 2009 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{gcdb series|id=30267|title=Anna Mercury}} * {{gcdb series|id=21109|title=Anna Mercury 2}} <!-- Dead link =/ * [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=147131 Warren Ellis on ''Anna Mercury'']{{dead link|date=July 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Newsarama, February 18, 2008 --> {{Warren Ellis}}
Category:Avatar Press titles Category:Comic book limited series Category:Comics by Warren Ellis Category:Comics about women Category:Comics characters introduced in 2008 Category:Comics publications Mercury, Anna Category:Science fiction comics Category:Unfinished comics
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