 On August 12, 2009, the five issues were collected into a 136-page graphic novel.Each comic has two stories, the first one—written by John Layman and Tom Peyer, with art by Scott Chantler—part of an ongoing serialized story, and the second one—written by Jim Massey with art by Robbi Rodriguez—a stand-alone "backup story".Colbert and his staff were very involved in guiding the style of both the writing and the artwork.