Fringe 1: Der Anfang

Fringe 1: Der Anfang is the first German Panini collection of comics based on the Fox series Fringe. Tom Mandrake draws it, and Mike Johnson writes most of it. The volume gathers the six-issue WildStorm run that appeared when the show's first season began.

Each issue holds two strands. The main one is a prequel about the young Walter Bishop and William Bell, set in the years before the show begins. It moves step by step toward the events of the TV pilot.

Alongside it, every issue carries a self-contained case with characters who have no link to the main plot. Each case looks into the odd science and unexplained events that the Fringe Division is sent to investigate.

The book is a tie-in comic and does not work as a first introduction to the franchise, so knowing the series helps. Viewers who want more of its world, and a look at how Walter and Bell's story starts, are the readers it serves.