River sets course for a nearby hospital satellite that is providing service to an asteroid mining operation. Simon informs Mal that Zoe suffered a haemorrhage during the birth, and that she may die if she does not receive hospital treatment. Shortly after, Zoe's daughter Emma is born aboard Serenity. Mal and Inara retire to their quarters, and make love. Knowing the urgent need to refuel and replenish their dwindling supplies, Inara tries to persuade Mal to bring them out of hiding in order to find a job. Further, the Alliance has punished Inara for collaborating with Mal (now a sought-after fugitive) by voiding her registration as a companion, effectively rendering her a societal outcast. The remaining crew are hungry and partly demoralized, having been forced to abandon their normal sources of income out of fear of capture. However, Jayne Cobb has left the ship to settle with his mother, in parts unknown. It is also revealed that, at some point in the recent past, Mal and Inara have both acknowledged their mutual attraction, and consummated their relationship. Zoe Washburne is unsettled by the imminent birth of her child, and the romantic relationship between Simon Tam and Kaylee Frye continues. Inara Serra has resolved to stay aboard the ship. River Tam has retained her assigned role as Serenity's helmsman. Shortly after, Bea is approached by a man claiming to be able to contact Reynolds.Īboard the Serenity, most of the crew members who survived the events portrayed in the film Serenity have taken temporary refuge in a remote sector of space. Aboard an Alliance battle cruiser, ranking officials including the apparent senior official, Kalista, are aware that the crew of Serenity were responsible for broadcasting the transmission, and conspire to capture them via a network of informers and undercover Alliance agents.Ī resurgent group of anti-Alliance rebels calling themselves the ‘New Resistance’, headed by a young woman named Bea, resolve to group together under the leadership of Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds, and they formulate a plan to find him. The Alliance has been forced onto the political defensive: their public stance is that those responsible for the Miranda Transmission are terrorists who must be brought to justice. Following the very public revelation of the atrocities committed on the remote planet Miranda, the Alliance attempt to contain the resulting political fallout and to suppress Anti-Alliance riots and protests. The storyline opens with a heated television debate between influential pro- Alliance and pro- Independence members. However, the events portrayed appear to take place at an unspecified time after the events of the film Serenity, as well as after the events portrayed in the related graphic novelizations Float Out and It's Never Easy. The overall chronology of Serenity – Leaves on the Wind is not specified. Comic nominees for the award are chosen based on sales performance and quality, and the winners are selected by comic book specialty retailers. Leaves on the Wind #1 won Diamond Comics Distributors's 2014 Gem Award for Licensed Comic of the Year. Each issue is 32 pages long.Ī hardcover volume collecting the entire series was published in November 2014. The first issue was published January 29, 2014, and the last issue was published June 25, 2014. The miniseries continues the story roughly 39 weeks after the events of the film. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight and Season Nine penciller, Georges Jeanty, is the penciller. His brother Zack Whedon writes all six issues. It is the first miniseries not written by Firefly creator Joss Whedon. It is the third comic book miniseries to be based on Firefly after the 2005 miniseries, Serenity: Those Left Behind and the 2008 miniseries, Serenity: Better Days. Serenity: Leaves on the Wind is a 2014 six-issue comic book miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics, based on the 2002 science fiction television series Firefly, and the 2005 feature film into which it was adapted, Serenity.
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