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Vint Age Press Presents… Leading Ladies #[nn] (Premiere Edition)

December 2025 · [none] (see notes) · 32 pages

On sale 2025-12-30

Rated [Suggested for Mature Readers] (see notes)

Synopsis

As the old elephant Maula travels to the legendary elephants' graveyard to die, he's followed by two hunters hoping to steal a fortune in ivory. Maula is met by the Mystery Woman of the Jungle, Fantomah, who guides him through the "Arch of Death" as the hunters' bloodhounds become terrified, racing off before inexplicably dying. Undeterred, the hunters reach the ivory-filled valley, where Fantomah reveals her skull-faced form and seals off their escape route. Consumed by greed, the hunters turn on each other before sinking into quicksand, ensuring the graveyard remains a secret.

Credits

Script
The Hornoir Society, Fletcher Hanks, George Mandel, Richard Hughes
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks, George Mandel
Inks
Fletcher Hanks, George Mandel, The Hornoir Society
Colours
The Hornoir Society
Letters
Fletcher Hanks, George Mandel, The Hornoir Society
Background "reprint"
The Hornoir Society
Background reprint
Renzo Barbieri, Studio Montanari
Black fury reprint
Tarpé Mills
Black fury reprint's original colors
Tarpé Mills
Black fury, black widow, invisible scarlet o'neil, lady luck & wonder woman reprints' reconstructed colors and phantom lady "reprint" (see notes)
The Hornoir Society
Black widow reprint
George Kapitan, Harry Sahle
Black widow reprint's reconstructed letters and phantom lady "reprint" (see notes)
The Hornoir Society
Cover "reprint" (see notes)
The Hornoir Society
Cover mockup
The Hornoir Society
Cover mockup & background "reprint"
The Hornoir Society
Cover reprint
Will Eisner, Alex Kostuk
Cover reprint's reconstructed colors
The Hornoir Society
Design & layout
The Hornoir Society
Fantomah & the woman in red insets' reconstructed colors
The Hornoir Society
Fantomah inset
Fletcher Hanks
Fantomah inset's original colors
Fletcher Hanks
Feature logo
Fletcher Hanks, George Mandel, The Hornoir Society
Friedrich feuerstein (as fred flint) ?
The Hornoir Society
Invisible scarlet o'neil reprint
Russell Stamm
Invisible scarlet o'neil reprint's original colors
Russell Stamm
Katz villamonte de la rosa ?
The Hornoir Society
Lady lucifer inset
The Hornoir Society
Lady lucifer inset's roughs (see notes)
Jack Katz, Ricardo Villamonte, Felipe de la Rosa
Lady luck reprint
Will Eisner, Chuck Mazoujian
Main element
The Hornoir Society
Main element & lady lucifer inset
The Hornoir Society
Olga mesmer reprint
Watt Dell
Original colors
Fletcher Hanks, George Mandel
Phantom lady "reprint" (see notes)
The Hornoir Society
Publisher/studio logo
The Hornoir Society
Reconstructed colors
The Hornoir Society
Roughs (see notes)
Jack Katz, Ricardo Villamonte, Felipe de la Rosa
Series logo
The Hornoir Society
The woman in red inset
George Mandel
The woman in red inset's original colors
George Mandel
Wonder woman reprint
William Marston, Harry Peter

Notes

This issue is limited to five (5) hand-numbered Premiere Edition copies (plus one (1) Artist Proof [AP] copy), each signed by Nick Curtis and Jacqui Quinn. These were included in The Hornoir Society's 2025 mystery box alongside similarly signed and numbered editions of *The Nitrate Plumes of the Phoenix* / *The House of the Bloodbathed Cuckoo* [flipbook], *ICKS* #7, *MiracuLass* #257 [ashcan], and *Thirteen Cancelled Comics* in addition to a double-sided *Trigger Warning* placard, a letter apologizing for the delayed delivery, a double-sided *Hornoir Bloody Hornoir* / *A Young Person's Primer on Post-Comics* 13 in. x 19 in. poster, and five (5) *Murder in the Crimson Circle* trading card game (TCG) test/prototype cards.

While this issue has no price listed on it, the minimum amount paid through The Hornoir Society's Patreon to receive a 2025 mystery box was a twelve-month commitment at $9/month (totaling $108) and the above "On-sale Date" reflects when the first mystery box was mailed to a Patreon supporter. Furthermore, while this issue has no publisher's age guideline printed on it, the double-sided *Trigger Warning* placard included with all 2025 mystery boxes notes that: "All Hornoir Society publications — whether stated on their covers or not — are 'Suggested for Mature Readers' due to potentially disturbing themes and graphic imagery, including descriptions and depictions of sadism, mutilation, murder, sexual assault, and a gamut of other goodies."

Copies of this issue came packaged in a 4 mil. Mylar archival polyester (boPET) sleeve with a crystal-clear backing board. Additionally, each sleeve's beaded flap was held down by a die-cut, removable/low-tack "Certified Authentic by The Hornoir Society" vinyl sticker.

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