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Tomb Raider: Journeys #1

Release date: January 2001 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Drew Johnson | Inker: Jay Leisten | Colorist: JD Smith | Cover Artists: Adam Hughes, Andy Park, and Drew Johnson

Synopsis:

Chase the Dog Star with Lara Croft on the ultimate adventure atop the high seas. She'll rope the western wind and harness the moon in order to capture the most glorious, amassed treasure in the world. Join in the privateering as Lara Croft chases after the most notorious fleet in the history of the world: the Spanish Armada. Yes, the Spanish Armada of 1550, and it's going to be a rollicking good time. Gentleman, prepare to be boarded.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #2

Release date: March 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Drew Johnson | Inker: Jay Leisten | Colorist: JD Smith | Cover Artist: Adam Hughes

Synopsis:

Artifact hunter extraordinaire Lara Croft is on the adventure of a lifetime, out to track down the Spanish Armada of 1550. Journeys is a twelve issue adventure spanning the seven seas, full of swashbuckling adventure like you've never seen!

This Issue: Washed ashore in a foreign land, Lara Croft finds new adventure and a subterranean city of gold. A land lost to the most ravenous explorers becomes Lara's unintended hot spot of adventure, as she takes on the concerns of a small village and follows a little boy into unknown territory. A territory known as El Dorado.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #3

Release date: May 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Drew Johnson | Inker: Jay Leisten | Colorist: JD Smith | Cover Artist: Adam Hughes

Synopsis:

Lara Croft is about to meet her match, again. The ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have been uncovered. Unfortunately Sodom lies on public property and Gomorrah lies on private lands; lands that will be sold to a condominium and casino developer unless Lara can find a way to stop that transaction from happening. Her options include an unlikely adventure and unusual allies.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #4

Release date: June 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Gerardo Sandoval | Inkers: Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza | Colorists: JD Smith, Tyson Wengler | Cover Artist: Adam Hughes

Synopsis:

Lara Croft's about to learn that turnabout's fair play. Kagan has been waiting for an opportunity to get even with her for meddling in the affairs of the Sodom and Gomorrah excavation. Now, he gets his chance. Only it turns out during their face-to-face encounter that Lara and then Kagan seem to remember each other from someplace before. And with that memory, comes the realization that sometimes even the joy of the hunt can be more powerful than the joy of revenge.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #5

Release date: August 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Drew Johnson | Inker: Marlo Alquiza | Colorists: JD Smith, Chad Fidler | Cover Artist: Keu Cha

Synopsis:

You thought you'd seen everything there is to Lara's dangerous side. But no one could imagine what the past holds in store for the Tomb Raider of world renown. Journey into her past as Lara confronts tie-dye, men who once wore lipstick, also witness big shirts with bigger belts, and leggings over jeans with high heels. All this and more when we go back to Lara Croft's high school reunion. Learn what shaped the Tomb Raider we all know and love today...

Tomb Raider: Journeys #6

Release date: September 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Pencillers: Carlos Mota, Manny Clark | Inkers: Marlo Alquiza, Fabio Laguna | Colorist: Tyson Wengler | Cover Artist: Clarence Lansang

Synopsis:

The events on the eve of Lara's high school reunion are just beginning to heat up. Offered a ride back to 10 Downing Street by her former schoolmate-turned-Prime Minister, Lara is given the assignment of a lifetime. As Lara ponders taking this job, a bizarre assortment of supernatural and unexpected guests show up to persuade her to take the job, some of the ghostly mediators are friendly, some confusing, and some downright dangerous!

Tomb Raider: Journeys #7

Release date: October 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Manny Clark | Inker: Marlo Alquiza | Colorist: Tyson Wengler | Cover Artist: Billy Tan

Synopsis:

The Low Down. This small Australian town isn't big enough for the two of them. Lara Croft begins her digging into the mystery of the stolen Maori Dream Spear. Finding the right information will come only after she agrees to a duel shoot-out with the man who knows what she's looking for. It seems that Down Under, Lara is wanted more dead than alive.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #8

Release date: December 2002 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Mun Kao Tan | Inker: Marlo Alquiza | Colorists: Tyson Wengler | Cover Artists: Dave Finch, Art Thibert

Synopsis:

Lara's about to discover the hard way to the underworld in Issue #8. She meets up with a secret Maori tribe in New Zealand and convinces them to allow her passage to the underworld in pursuit of the thief of the Dream Spear. There's only one problem... and that is with the passage of time in the Maori world... Lara finds it hard to account for any chronology as visions, battles and strange rituals pour past like rapids in a raging river. Will Lara Croft be able to master the dream time and chase the thief of the Dream Spear.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #9

Release date: February 2003 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Manny Clark| Inkers: Marlo Alquiza, Sal Regla | Colorists: Brian Buccellato, Beth Sotelo, Val Staples, and Tyson Wengler | Cover Artist: Billy Tan

Synopsis:

Lara's journey to the New Zealand Maori tribe reveals the man who stole the Dream Spear but more frustrating is that the Dream Spear appears to be the only way into the Maori Underworld. The only other way to reach the underworld is if Lara is given a full-body tattoo that will leave her half in this world and half in the dream world with the danger of being unable to escape should she remain too long in the Maori Underworld. Lara must make her decision to accept the tattoo and take her first steps in her dreaming journey.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #10

Release date: February 2003 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Manny Clark | Inkers: Marlo Alquiza, Rick Basaldua | Colorist: Tyson Wengler | Cover Artist: Billy Tan

Synopsis:

Lara is still on her quest to retrieve the Dream Spear from the underworld. She has met up with the spirit of her mentor and together with him and her Maori guide, Akio she is hot on the trail. But Kagan is treacherous and at least one of them will not survive this journey.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #11

(Severing Fates)

Release date: April 2003 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Manny Clark | Inker: Marlo Alquiza | Colorists: Brian Buccellato, Tyson Wengler, and Steve Firchow | Cover Artist: [Angel of Darkness CGI]

Synopsis:

The final confrontation and climax to the mystery of the Dream Spear in the Maori Dreaming Underworld. Lara finally confronts Kagan, the man who stole the Maori's influential Dream Spear and learns more about herself in the process. It seems that Lara and Kagan have been fighting the same battle for longer than she would ever have dreamed. And Lara's decision must be between killing Kagan or changing Known Fate to start a new destiny.

Tomb Raider: Journeys #12

(Settling Old Scores)

Release date: May 2003 | Pages: 32

Writer: Fiona Kai Avery | Penciller: Mun Kao Tan | Inker: Marlo Alquiza | Colorists: Brian Buccellato, Tyson Wengler, and Steve Firchow | Cover Artist: [Angel of Darkness CGI]

Synopsis:

Lara Croft returns from the Maori Underworld with information about her mentor's killer, Carleton. She promises Myles that she will take care of his killer because Myles must remain in the underworld despite his desire for revenge. But killing Charles Carleton goes against everything Lara Croft stands for. Will she avenge her mentor and pull the trigger? And what will the spirits of the dead do if she fails to avenge one of them? This is the final chapter in the Tomb Raider: Journeys series.