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Meg                                                           Limited Trade Paperback
Featuring the Rare Indiegogo Exclusive Trade Paperback w/ Exclusive Signed (Steve Atlen) Book Plate.  Awesome!!
Story by: Steve Atlen
Writer: J.S. Earls
Artist: Mike S. Miller
Colorists: J. Nanjan Jamberi, Vinicius Townsend & Periya Pillai
Letterers: Dave Lanphear & A Larger World Studios
Cover by: Mike S. Miller

A beautifully illustrated exclusive trade paperback based on New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten’s novel and Major Motion Picture directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor. This graphic novel is illustrated by superstar artist Mike S. Miller, artist of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones prequel “The Hedge Knight” graphic novel and the number 1 bestselling digital comic series, DC Comics “Injustice”.

This exclusive trade paperback was made available during an Indiegogo campaign by Mike S. Miller. Only an estimated 1000 copies were printed, and the only method to obtain them was by contributing a sum of money to the campaign. This version of the book will never be available in stores! An absolute must-have for any diehard Steve Atlen or Meg enthusiasts.

Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Dr. Jonas Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon Megalodon – prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales – lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. When offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Meg, Taylor leaps at the chance… but the quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator that the earth has ever known is freed to once-again hunt the surface…

Stories/Spoilers
During the Late Cretaceous Period, a Tyrannosaurus rex stumbles into the ocean while pursuing a herd of Shantungosaurus and is promptly attacked and devoured by a megalodon. The sequence is later revealed to be part of a slideshow by Jonas Taylor, a paleontologist and marine biologist, for his presentation on megalodon.

In 1997, Jonas was working deep in the Mariana Trench with the United States Navy. His mission is top secret and involves the study of hydrogen nodules to solve any future energy crises using nuclear fission, but unfortunately, it was his third dive in eight days, and he was exhausted yet was checked out by the Navy’s top medical officer Doctor Heller. While on the dive, Jonas watches in horror as a megalodon rises from the depths. Jonas panics and surfaces as fast as possible and escapes, but causes the death of the scientists as a result; unfortunately, the Navy does not believe his claims, labeling him a madman and ruining his career while simultaneously covering up the misjudgment of the medical officer. Years later, Jonas continues to try to prove that what he saw was real. His actions have also led Jonas to push away his estranged and separated wife, Maggie, and lead to her having an affair with his billionaire friend Bud Harris. He is later approached by an old friend, marine biologist Masao Tanaka, who lost a remote submersible that monitors seismic activity in the Mariana Trench and hopes to retrieve it. Seeing this as an opportunity to prove that the megalodon still exists, Jonas agrees to help Tanaka over the objection of Tanaka’s daughter, Terry.

Jonas and Tanaka’s son, DJ, dive in small submersibles when they arrive at the Trench. A male megalodon rises from the depths and, despite Jonas’ attempts to distract the creature, kills DJ. Jonas watches in horror as the megalodon is trapped in the steel cables connecting DJ’s sub to the ship. As the megalodon is pulled to the surface, having its organs and flesh ripped apart by the cables, Jonas watches a second megalodon, a much larger female attracted by the struggles of her dying mate, rise out of the Trench. She attacks the male and feeds on him as he is pulled to the surface, his heated blood protecting her from the cold water layer that has previously kept them from entering the ocean.

Jonas and Tanaka are worried about the imbalance in the ocean’s ecosystem that might result from the re-introduction of a megalodon after an absence of millions of years as Jonas and Tanaka try to track down the megalodon. The female surfaces off the coast of Maui and kills several surfers. She also attacks a helicopter that Jonas uses to try and track her at night after discovering that thousands of years of living in the depths of the Trench has led the sharks to develop bioluminescent white hides and destroys a military submarine led by Taylor’s commanding officer from his time in the Navy.

Jonas and Tanaka realize that the female megalodon is pregnant and are determined to capture her before she gives birth. Maggie seizes this opportunity to advance her career and decides to film the shark from within a shark cage as she swims to California to give birth. During her sojourn north, the shark gives birth to three pups, one of which she devours and the second of which is killed by orcas. At the Farallon Islands, Maggie uses a dead whale to attract the shark, succeeding in filming it, but inadvertently causes it to attack her cage. Despite his best efforts, Jonas cannot stop the shark and rescue Maggie, leading to the creature devouring her as she tries to escape.

Jonas and Tanaka track down the female after she attacks a whale-watching boat shortly after. After tranquilizing the shark and capturing her, Taylor’s vengeful superiors and Maggie’s lover try to kill the shark with a homemade depth charge, causing the shark to awaken and rampage, killing dozens of witnesses and bystanders, including Taylor’s superiors themselves. While the megalodon is rampaging, Jonas pilots a submersible down her throat and into her stomach, where he uses the hydrogen supply from his sub to ignite the whale blubber inside the shark’s stomach, burning it from the inside out, and after escaping from his pod, Jonas is rescued by Terry and a passing tourist vessel. The survivors in Jonas and Tanaka’s crew capture the last surviving Megalodon pup as Jonas is taken away to be treated for decompression sickness from his fight with the adult shark and are excited about the opportunity to study this believed-extinct creature in the flesh. The young megalodon is later named Angel: The Angel of death.

Trade Paperback is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Limited to less than 1000
Publisher: Blacklist
Publication Date: 2019
Format: FC, 144 pages, TPB, 10.15″ x 6.55″
ISBN-10: 1646062140
ISBN-13: 9781646062140

Collectible Entertainment note: Limited Trade Paperback is New & Unread.  Very Good condition.  (significant corner bump/crease >> front bottom left corner & back bottom right corner & bottom of spine… see scans #1,2,3)  Otherwise… Nice!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Meg and/or Shark Horror collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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