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Emerald
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Ongoing, First published Jul 28, 2021
Mature
Medusa has always been presented as the monster to fear, nothing else. But what if there was something more behind the diamond-shaped pupils? What if we haven't been paying the necessary attention to meet the soul behind the curse? 

Imprisoned to live on an island for the rest of her eternity without any company but her snakes, and the sea that brings her joy but also sorrow, Medusa will soon discover new things she was never able to experience, not even as a mortal millennia ago.

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