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Essential Painkiller Jane (2006):
“A Place Too Bright for Dying”
by Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Rick Leonardi, Jimmy Palmiotti

Essential Painkiller Jane

Title: “A Place Too Bright for Dying”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 2006

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Written by: Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn
Art by: Rick Leonardi, Jimmy Palmiotti


23 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Painkiller Jane Painkiller Jane (Jane Vasko)
(lead character)
hero
  DEA; NYPD Event Comics Dynamite Entertainment 55
Maureen Fernandez Maureen Fernandez supporting character
  DEA; NYPD
[Ashley Quinn's older sister]
Event Comics 42
22 Brides 22 Brides supporting character group
  [female group of mercenary assassins] Event Comics 8
Dark Ali Dark Ali (Ali) supporting character
  22 Brides Event Comics 13
Paul Gump supporting character
  [henchman] Event Comics 9
Sean Gump supporting character
  [henchman] Event Comics 9
Mercy Mercy supporting character
  22 Brides Event Comics 8
Hardkiss Hardkiss supporting character
  22 Brides; black Event Comics 4
Seth Hiller Seth Hiller supporting character
  [treated, fell in love w/Painkiller Jane] Event Comics 30
David Sheridan supporting character
  [doctor] Event Comics 4
Frank Largo supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #3 (Aug. 1997)] Event Comics 2
Larry supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #3 (Aug. 1997)] Event Comics 2
Nells supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #3 (Aug. 1997)] Event Comics 2
Caliban Caliban villain
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 2
Candy supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 2
Divine supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Eddie supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Fletcher supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Jerome supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Kelso supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Leon supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Lonnie supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1
Maggie Cooper supporting character
  [1st app: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997)] Event Comics 1

This comic was reprinted from: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #4 (Sep. 1997): "A Place Too Bright for Dying".

Essential Painkiller Jane is a trade paperback collection of the complete first Painkiller Jane series (issues 0 through 5), published by Event Comics.