entirely different storyline. Now starring Samantha Rey, a 16-year-old South Carolina girl who awakens one day to find herself branded with a strange symbol, she finds herself thrust into a war across time. Creative teams Sigil was created by Mark Alessi and Gina M. Villa. The original creative team consisted of writer Barbara Kesel, the Lai Brothers (Ben on pencils and Ray on inks), and Wil Quintana coloring. Over the years, this line-up changed several times. Writers Barbara Kesel Mark Waid Chuck Dixon Mike Carey (under the relaunched Marvel Comics CrossGen imprint). Pencillers Ben Lai: His first penciling gig was with CrossGen and Sigil. He left with his brother and Sigil inker, Ray Lai, due to creative differences. Kevin Sharpe: Also got his start on Sigil. Steve McNiven: Pencilled a backup story, one of his earliest works as a penciller. Scot Eaton Dale Eaglesham Leonard Kirk: First artist under the relaunched Marvel Comics CrossGen imprint. Books CrossGen published four trade paperback books containing the first part of the series: Sigil Volume 1: Mark of Power, , Sigil Volume 2: The Marked Man, , Sigil Volume 3: The Lizard God, , Sigil Volume 4: Hostage Planet, , CrossGen also announced a further two books, but went bankrupt before they were published. Checker Books released them in July 2007: Sigil Volume 5: Death Match, , Sigil Volume 6: Planetary Union, , See also Mark Alessi CrossGen Comics Negation War 2000 comics debuts CrossGen titles Science fiction comics