Razor Annual

Razor Annual 1  T5Y001	Gold Version	Razor Shi Special   T5Y005	Platinum Edition
December 1993  London Night Studios I have dual-signed #111/999, # 301/999; Hartsoe signed,; Tucci signed; no unsigned  --approximate print run--10,000	Everette Hartsoe gave Tucci his first big break, but the relationship didn't work out. one signed by Hartsoe, one double signed (297/400) no unsigned Print run- 750 (Diamond COA)  or 3,000?	Linsner Cover  4 unsigned copies,  one signed by Linser, Tucci & Hartsoe, 1995 July 1994  Pages 19-24 are uncredited  approximate print run--25,000	Hartsoe Cover  one signed by Hartsoe approximate print run--5,000 -  private communication from E. Hartsoe indicates he did the writing for the conclusion, and Richard Pollard did the drawing.
Pencils pages 1-18, William Tucci	Inks:  pages 1-12 Bobby Rae,  pages 13-18 (the part with Shi) Peter Palmiotti	Tucci works with both Jimmy and Peter Palmiotti fairly extensively	The "Who are you?" illustration below is from that section.

The first full page  (not counting the drop through the skylight on page 12)	"Who are you?"  Death	Promo Card	Somebody messed up on the caption
Early versions of Shi have the odd "eyepatch" pattern - sort of like Domino	See the WOTW Trade-paperback and WOTW 2 Ashcan for more early visions of Shi	to the right: Promo Card in Fan Magazine

See some Linser art for the promo card/cover I found on the web.

One difference between Crusade and London Night Studios seems to be the extent of nudity in the London Night Publications - considerably more graphic than that found in Crusade.
 
 

other asian female warriors in Razor?

Razor, Uncut, Series 5, # 37, June 1997 has a VERY Shi-like character in a prominent role.  There is an editorial note referring back to a very brief encounter with the same character in Razor Uncut #21, May 1996, though the characters look different

 

The Razor Character, and images shown here, are Copyright © London Night Studios and Everette Hartsoe

Other images shown here are Copyright ©William Tucci and Crusade Comics,
unless otherwise indicated.
 

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