Scarlet is a creator-owned comic book

Comic book

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 series written by Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim for his self-published, Image Comics and Marvel Comics work, and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics, with his books selling consistently highly for over a...

 under Marvel Comics

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' Icon

Icon Comics

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 imprint

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. The title is illustrated and co-created by Alex Maleev

Alex Maleev

Alex Maleev is a Bulgarian-born comic book illustrator, best known for the Marvel Comics' series Daredevil , collaborating with writer Brian Michael Bendis.-Career:...

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The series is about a young woman named Scarlet Rue from Portland who rebels against a corrupt society and ends up starting a new American revolution in the process. The series often breaks the fourth wall

Fourth wall

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 in that the protagonist talks to the reader of the comic.

Bendis and Maleev previously collaborated on Marvel's Daredevil, Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman (2009 series)

Spider-Woman is a 2009–2010 comic book limited series written by Brian Michael Bendis, drawn by Alex Maleev, published by Marvel Comics and starring Spider-Woman...

and Halo: Uprising

Halo: Uprising

Halo: Uprising is a four-issue American comic book limited series set in the Halo universe. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis, illustrated by Alex Maleev, and published by Marvel Comics...

. Scarlet is published bi-monthly in part to accommodate the pair's work monthly output of Marvel's Moon Knight.