�World-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics.� �The Hollywood Reporter The richly imagined world of** MONSTRESS **is an alternate 1900s Asia, with an art deco-infused steampunk aesthetic that's brimming with arcane dangers. Within it, a teenage girl struggles to overcome the trauma of war, a task that's made all the more difficult by her mysterious symbiotic link to an eldritch monster of tremendous power�a connection that will transform them both and place them in the crosshairs of both human and otherworldly powers. A perfect entry-point for new readers,�MONSTRESS COMPENDIUM ONE�collects the first eight volumes of the�**New York Times-**bestselling series in one massive paperback compendium from creator/writer MARJORIE LIU (who made history as the first woman to win an Eisner Award for Best Writer) and creator/artist SANA TAKEDA.