Wynonna Earp is a horror Western

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created and

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. The series was initially published by

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, and from 2003 by

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Plot summary

Wynonna is a present-day descendant of the famous lawman

Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, and Tombstone, Arizona, Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight ...

, and she is the top agent for a special unit known within the US Marshals as the Monster Squad. She battles such supernatural threats as Bobo Del Rey and his redneck, trailer-trash vampires who are pushing a new killer

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called "Hemo", and the Egyptian mafia's mummy hitman, Raduk, Eater of the Dead, who is out to do in all the other crime bosses. In her subsequent adventures, she finished some outstanding Earp family business while dealing with Hillbilly Gremlins and Zombie Mailmen alongside her fellow marshals.

Publication

Comicbook

''Wynonna Earp'' was originally released by Image Comics as a five-issue series:
Issue #1
"Red Necks, White Corpuscles and Blue Ribbon Beer", on December 1, 1996
Issue #2
"The Bloody Badge of the Law", on January 1, 1997
Issue #3
"Death Sucks", on February 1, 1997
Issue #4
"Refried Dead", on March 1, 1997
Issue #5
"Wrap Party", on April 1, 1997, The three-part series ''Wynonna Earp: Home on the Strange'' was published by IDW Publishing in 2003–2004:
Part 1
published December 1, 2003
Part 2
published January 1, 2004
Part 3
published February 1, 2004 A four-volume graphic novel ''Wynonna Earp: The Yeti Wars'' was released by IDW Publishing in 2011:
Volume 1
on May 1, 2011
Volume 2
on June 1, 2011
Volume 3
on July 1, 2011
Volume 4
on August 1, 2011, A limited series titled simply ''Wynonna Earp'', with additional sub and exclusive covers, was released as a

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with the

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:
#1
on February 24, 2016
#2
on March 16, 2016
#3
on April 27, 2016
#4
on May 18, 2016
#5
on June 29, 2016
#6
on August 3, 2016
#7
on August 24, 2016
#8
on October 5, 2016 (includes "Signed edition" with exclusive cover) A four-part series, ''Wynonna Earp Legends'', with additional sub and exclusive covers, co-written with two stars of the television series: ''Legends: Doc Holliday'' (#1, #2) with

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, and ''Legends: The Earp Sisters'' (#3, #4) with

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.
#1
on November 23, 2016
#2
on January 4, 2017
#3
on March 22, 2017
#4
on May 3, 2017

Paperback

* ''The Complete Wynonna Earp'' (initial miniseries, the follow-up "Home on the Strange", and her adventure from "Tales of Terror"), 200 pages, IDW Publishing, September 1, 2005, . *''Wynonna Earp: The Yeti Wars'' (collects the four volumes in the Yeti Wars series and a previously unpublished story, "Wynonna Earp: Blood is the Harvest"), IDW Publishing, 2010, . * ''Wynonna Earp: Strange Inheritance'' (all issues released before 2016: "Wynonna Earp" #1–5 by Image Comics, "Wynonna Earp: Home on the Strange" #1–3, "Blood is the Harvest" from ''Tales of Terror'', and "Wynonna Earp: The Yeti Wars" #1–4), 300 pages, IDW Publishing, April 2016, .

Hardcover

''Wynonna Earp'' appeared in the hardcover anthology
Tales of Terror Volume #1
' (96 pages,

, First printing September 2004, ).

TV adaptation

In July 2015, Syfy acquired the rights for a television series.

was cast in the title role, with

as Doc Holliday and Shamier Anderson as Agent Dolls.

Dominique Provost-Chalkley Dominique Provost-Chalkley (born 24 March 1990) is a British-Canadian actor, best known for their role as Waverly Earp on the television series '' Wynonna Earp''. Career They began dancing at the age of four and, at the age of 16, began traini ...

was cast as Waverly Earp, Wynonna's younger sister. The series was developed by Emily Andras, who also serves as executive producer and

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. Jordy Randall and Tom Cox serve as executive producers with Andras, and

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directed the pilot episode. Syfy released the first promotional images and synopsis for ''Wynonna Earp'' on November 6, 2015:

After years on the run and in juvenile detention, Wynonna Earp is finally coming home. The only problem is no one back home wants her to return. But when she becomes the town's only hope of eradicating mysterious demons, Wynonna must choose which side of the law she wants to fight on in order to clear the name of her legendary great grandfather Wyatt Earp once and for all.

The teaser trailer for the new series was released in January 2016. ''Wynonna Earp'' premiered in the United States on Syfy on April 1, 2016, and in Canada on

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on April 4, 2016. The series was renewed for a second season on July 23, 2016. Season two premiered on Syfy and

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(Canada) on June 9, 2017. It was renewed for a third season on July 22, 2017. A fourth and final season was announced by Syfy and Space on July 21, 2018. The series finale, "Old Souls," premiered on April 10, 2021.

Awards and nominations

In 2017, ''Wynonna Earp'' was nominated for a Dragon Award for Best Comic Book: ''Wynonna Earp Legends'' by Beau Smith, Tim Rozon, Melanie Scrofano, and Chris Evenhuis.

Notes

References

External links

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