A History of Violence | |
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![]() First edition cover. | |
Date | 1997 |
Main characters | Tom McKenna |
Page count | 286 pages |
Publisher | DC Comics |
Creative team | |
Writer | John Wagner |
Artist | Vince Locke |
Letterer | Bob Lappan |
Editor | Andy Helfer |
ISBN | 1-56389-367-3 |
A History of Violence is a graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke, originally published in 1997 by Paradox Press and later by Vertigo Comics, both imprints of DC Comics.[1]
It is also the source for the film of the same name directed by David Cronenberg, the first cinematic adaptation of a work by John Wagner since 1995's Judge Dredd.