''Pretty Deadly'' is a creator-owned American comic book series by

Kelly Sue DeConnick Kelly Sue DeConnick (born July 15, 1970) is an award-winning American comic book writer and editor and English–language adapter of manga. Career Kelly Sue DeConnick was first introduced to the comics industry by writing copy for photos in adu ...

and Spanish artist Emma Ríos, distributed by

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. The story combines elements from

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and horror genres, and draws on aspects from

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and

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. ''Pretty Deadly'' is Deconnick and Ríos' third collaboration, their first being ''Osborn'' in 2011 and their second being issues #5 & 6 of the 2012 ''Captain Marvel'' series. The initial print run for issue one of 57,000 copies sold out. The ''Pretty Deadly'' creative team was nominated for several

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in 2014: DeConnick for Best Writer, Ríos for Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist, and

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for Best Coloring. In 2020, Ríos won the Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist for her work on Volume 3: The Rat.

Collected editions

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