Noble Causes
Noble Causes is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics.
| Noble Causes | |
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Cover of Noble Causes vol. 2, 3 (Sept, 2004), art by Tyler Kirkham | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Format | Miniseries and one-shots. Now an ongoing title. |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | January 2002 – April 2008 |
| No. of issues | 40 |
| Main character(s) | "See characters" |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Jay Faerber |
| Written by | Jay Faerber J. Torres, Brian K. Vaughan, John Layman, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Gail Simone |
| Artist(s) | (covers) Fran Bueno, Todd Nauck, Tyler Kirkman, Rodolfo Migliari, Andres Ponce, Ron Riley, Gabe Bridwell, Jack Lawrence, Yıldıray Çınar |
| Penciller(s) | Fran Bueno, Ron Riley, Jon Bosco, Yıldıray Çınar |
| Inker(s) | Fran Bueno |
| Collected editions | |
| In Sickness and In Health | ISBN 1-58240-293-0 |
| Family Secrets | ISBN 1-58240-348-1 |
| Distant Relatives | ISBN 1-58240-481-X |
| Blood and Water | ISBN 1-58240-536-0 |
| Betrayals | ISBN 1-58240-578-6 |
| Hidden Agendas | ISBN 1-58240-706-1 |
| Powerless | ISBN 1-58240-848-3 |
| Star Crossed | ISBN 1-60706-038-8 |
| Five Years Later | ISBN 1-60706-162-7 |
| Ever After | ISBN 1-60706-297-6 |
The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family in the Image Universe. The stories focus less on the Nobles fighting supervillains and more on their personal lives. Originally intended to be an ongoing title, it was downgraded into a series of miniseries and one-shots. It finally became an ongoing title in 2004.
Beginning with issue #32, the series jumped five years after the previous storyline. At this point, the characters Gaia, Race and Liz are no longer active part in the family, while Doc's new wife, Olympia, and her two children joined the Noble family.
The series concluded in 2008 with the publication of issue #40.