Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics)

The Avatar: The Last Airbender comics are an official continuation of the original Nickelodeon animated television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. The series includes The Lost Adventures, published from 2005 to 2011 and set between episodes of the original series, and the graphic novel trilogies, published since 2012 and set a few years after the original series. A related comic continuation, taking place seventy-four years later, The Legend of Korra, began publication in 2017.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Promise hardcover collection
Created byMichael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Publication information
FormatsSeries of original graphic novels
GenreAdventure, fantasy
Publication dateJune 2005 – present
Creative team
Writer(s)Gene Luen Yang
Faith Erin Hicks
Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Tim Hedrick
Artist(s)Gurihiru
Peter Wartman
Letterer(s)Michael Heisler
Richard Starkings
Jimmy Betancourt
Colorist(s)Naoko Kawano
Ryan Hill
Adele Matera
Editor(s)Dave Marshall
Rachel Roberts

Short stories

Free Comic Book Day issues

Since 2011, there have been four short comics of Avatar: The Last Airbender or The Legend of Korra at Free Comic Book Day offerings from Dark Horse Comics.

Title Date Story Art Colors FCBD issue
"Relics" 7 May 2011 Johane Matte
Joshua Hamilton		 Johane Matte Hye Jung Kim Avatar: The Last Airbender / Star Wars: The Clone Wars
"Rebound" 4 May 2013 Gene Luen Yang Ryan Hill Star Wars / Captain Midnight / Avatar: The Last Airbender
"Shells" 3 May 2014 Gene Luen Yang Faith Erin Hicks Cris Peter Avatar: The Last Airbender / Itty Bitty Hellboy / Juice Squeezers
"Sisters" 2 May 2015 Gene Luen Yang Carla Speed McNeil Jenn Manley Lee Avatar: The Last Airbender / Plants vs. Zombies / Bandette

The Lost Adventures

The Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures graphic novel is a collection of long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and the Avatar: The Last Airbender DVD collections between 2005 and 2011. It also includes the Free Comic Book Day issue "Relics" and all-new comics. Published 15 June 2011, it is an anthology that includes twenty-eight stories by various writers and artists, many of whom worked on the original animated series.[1]

Team Avatar Tales

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Team Avatar Tales is the second anthology book, collecting the 2013–2015 Free Comic Book Day stories along with all-new stories. The book was released on 2 October 2019.[2] Creators include Gene Luen Yang, Dave Scheidt, Sara Goetter, Ron Koertge, Kiku Hughes, Faith Erin Hicks, Ryan Hill, Carla Speed McNeil, Little Corvus, and Coni Yovaniniz.

Graphic novels

Dark Horse Comics published a series of graphic novels that serve as a continuation of Avatar: The Last Airbender television series. Originally, these were all graphic novel trilogies, but as of 2020 they started doing stand-alone graphic novels too.[3] The first five stories are written by Gene Luen Yang and drawn by artist team Gurihiru. In December 2018, Faith Erin Hicks took over as writer with Peter Wartman as artist.[4]

Title Date Story Script Art Colors Notes
The Promise 26 January 2012 Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Gene Luen Yang		 Gene Luen Yang Gurihiru [5]
30 May 2012 [6]
26 September 2012 [7]
The Search 20 March 2013 Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Gene Luen Yang		 Gene Luen Yang Gurihiru [8]
10 July 2013 [9]
30 October 2013 [10]
The Rift 5 March 2014 Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Gene Luen Yang		 Gene Luen Yang Gurihiru [11][12]
16 July 2014 [13]
18 November 2014 [14]
Smoke and Shadow 6 October 2015 Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Gene Luen Yang		 Gene Luen Yang Gurihiru [15]
29 December 2015 [16]
12 April 2016 [17]
North and South 28 September 2016 Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Gene Luen Yang		 Gene Luen Yang Gurihiru [18]
25 January 2017 [19]
26 April 2017 [20][21]
Imbalance 18 December 2018 Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Faith Erin Hicks		 Faith Erin Hicks Peter Wartman Ryan Hill [22]
May 14, 2019 Adele Matera [23]
1 October 2019 [24][25]
Katara and the Pirate's Silver 13 October 2020 Faith Erin Hicks
Tim Hedrick		 Faith Erin Hicks Peter Wartman Adele Matera [3]

Collections

The stories are collected in oversized hardcover library edition featuring notes from the creators and a sketchbook section. They are also collected in paperback omnibuses, printed at digest size.

Volume Title Date Collects ISBN Notes
1 The Promise February 20, 2013 (LE)
June 30, 2020 (Omni)
  • The Promise 1–3
 9781616550745 (LE)
9781506717845 (Omni)		 [26]
2 The Search February 5, 2014 (LE)
October 27, 2020 (Omni)
  • The Search 1–3
 9781616552268 (LE)
9781506721729 (Omni)		 [27]
3 The Rift February 24, 2015
  • The Rift 1–3
 9781616555504 [28]
4 Smoke and Shadow September 21, 2016
  • Smoke and Shadow 1–3
 9781506700137 [29]
5 North and South October 25, 2017
  • North and South 1–3
 9781506701950 [30]
6 Imbalance June 3, 2020
  • Imbalance 1–3
 9781506708126 [31]
7 The Lost Adventures
and Team Avatar Tales		 November 10, 2020
  • The Lost Adventures
  • Team Avatar Tales
 9781506722740 [32]

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