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Lady Mechanika #0 LBCC Convention Edition
Aspen, published date: October 2010.
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JOE BENITEZ DEBUTS HIS NEWEST THRILLING SERIES! The exciting adventure of Aspen's newest female heroine begins here! The exciting adventure of Aspen's newest female heroine begins here!
Lady Mechanika #0 was written and drawn by Joe Benitez including the "Convention Exclusive" Long Beach Comic Con variant featured here.
Above are a number of the covers, from left to right:
- Regular cover A (Diamond code: JUL100797)
- Regular cover B (Diamond code: JUL100798)
- Retailer Incentive Limited Edition (Diamond code: JUL100799)
- New York Comic-Con, Exclusive Limited Edition of 500
- Second Print (Diamond code: SEP108018)
- Third Print (Diamond code: SEP108192)
- Fourth Print (Diamond code: DEC118184)
- $1 Variant
- Bluerainbow.com Exclusive, limited edition of 1000
- Emerald City Comicom Exclusive, limited edition of 1500
- Free Comic Book Day Variant (reprint of #0)
- WonderCon Exclusive, limited edition of 1500
The mysteries surrounding private investigator LADY MECHANIKA and her origin begin to unfold as she heads to a rundown city known as Satan's Alley. Located on the lower eastside, it is an area of town under siege by the presence of a murderous creature of unknown origin.
While a weapons manufacturer has issued a reward for the unknown slayer, drawing a crowd of bounty hunters looking to cash in, Lady Mechanika's purpose is far more personal - information that could lead to the truth about her creation.
In mid-April 2020, the CGC census contained 58 gradings of the "Convention Edition" with 29 in the top grade of 9.8 (near mint / mint).
Below is a Benitez sketch, which he labelled "Trying on a new hat" (part of this sketch is shown within #0, which also features some other early Lady Mechanika sketches).