All The Last of Us Part 1 comic book locations
Where to find all the Savage Starlight comics in The Last of Us Part 1
Find all 14 of The Last of Us Part 1 comic books by searching these locations to complete a small collection Savage Starlight comics - Ellie's beloved sci-fi series. As with a lot of the other collectibles in the The Last of Us Part 1, there's isn't a secret prize for collecting all the comics aside from a Trophy or Steam achievement. However, they are still fun to track down and are essential for any completionists that want to 100% the game. To help you get one step closer to that full completion, we've got all the The Last of Us Part 1 Savage Starlight comic book locations, and details on how to reach each them, listed below.
All comic book locations in The Last of Us Part 1
The Last of Us Part 1 comics first appear in Pittsburgh, quite some way into the game, and become a reoccurring collectible hidden around from then on. Here's how many The Last of Us comics there are in each level:
- Pittsburgh: 4
- The Suburbs: 2
- Tommy's Dam: 2
- The University: 1
- Lakeside Resort: 2
- Bus Depot: 2
- The Firefly Lab: 0
- Jackson: 1
These comics aren't to be confused with The Last of Us artifact collectibles, and you should also look out for any The Last of Us Firefly pendants if you're an aspiring treasure hunter - or should that be for Naughty Dog's other famous franchise?
The Last of Us Pittsburgh comic books
Comic #1: Force Carrier
This comic is automatically in your possession upon starting the chapter. Once you deal with the initial ambush on arriving in Pittsburgh, you'll have the chance to check it out in your inventory.
Comic #2: Termination Shock
Once you drop to the ground from the hunters' building (the one with The Last of Us Tools in the initial garage), after viewing the Pittsburgh bridge in the distance, there'll be a supplement plant ahead of you and a bus on the right. The comic is in the bus.
Comic #3: Accretion
After you come out of the Pittsburgh hotel basement, after looking for the The Last of Us keycard, Ellie will save you from a hunter. From there, climb the ladder and enter the next room. Exit via the left door to spot a bar across a gap where the balcony's been damaged. You can shimmy over there, where you'll find another The Last of Us comic atop a table on your left.
Comic #4: Deep Phase
After meeting Henry and Sam for the first time, make your way down the stairs, and open the shiv door with a lot of The Last of Us supplements behind it. Turn left to find a kids' bedroom, where you'll find a comic waiting,
The Last of Us Suburbs comic books
Comic #5: Antiparticles
After washing up on the beach at the start, head to the boat ahead of you and check the cabin to find the comic inside, along with an artifact collectible next to it.
Comic #6: Messenger Particle
In the Suburbs after the sewers, follow the road around to the house just past the ice cream truck, on the left. Inside one of the bedrooms upstairs is a comic on a desk - admittedly a change from last time in the Remastered version, where it was on a toilet in the bathroom. There's a safe in this area too, which you can crack with our guide to The Last of Us safe codes.
The Last of Us Tommy' Dam comic books
Comic #7: Foreign Element
Entering the level for the first time, you'll traipse down under a large bridge, coming down the slope after seeing a crashed car with the El Diablo, one of the best The Last of Us weapons. As you make your way down the slope, hang to the right. Just before passing under the bridge, turn right and look at the overturned car covered in moss - the comic is right in front of it.
Comic #8: Zero Point
Far later on in the level you'll pursue Ellie to a ranch. Once you get off the horse and enter the ranch house itself, head upstairs and immediately turn left to find the comic on the bedroom windowsill.
The Last of Us University comic books
Comic #9: Free Radicals
The moment the chapter begins, with Ellie and Joel on horseback outside the UEC, turn around and head back up the road. You'll find a The Last of Us Part 1 comic book inside a car with the door torn off.
The Last of Us Lakeside Resort comic books
Comic #10: Uncertainty
Ellie starts the level hunting a deer in the snow, which leads her eventually to a broken, wood structure. Immediately, as you enter through a hole in the wall, make a left. In this small room is a desk with a drawer - open it to find another comic inside.
Comic #11: Negentropy
Later on, Ellie is fleeing bandits on horseback. Not long after she's forced to flee on foot, she'll have to crawl through a short sewer pipe. The moment you emerge from the first pipe, turn around and go up the steps - this The Last of Us Part 1 comic is sitting on one of the benches on the overlook.
The Last of Us Bus Depot comic books
Comic #12: Precipitate
Once you descend the stairs after observing the giraffe herd, make a right to find a bathroom. The comic book is in one of the stalls inside.
Comic #13: Catalysis
Later on you'll fight bloaters and clickers, navigating underground and flooded tunnels. Near the end, where you drop a ladder to Ellie, you'll be near a ventilation shaft that runs along the left side of the tunnel, forming a makeshift platform. Run along it to find a comic book at the end.
The Last of Us Jackson comic books
Comic #14: Singularity
The final collectible of any sort in the game - after squeezing through the barbed wire fence that Joel holds open, bear right to find an abandoned truck. The game's final comic book is inside.
Can you read the Savage Starlight comics in The Last of Us Remake?
While you're doing some reading, find all The Last of Us Training Manuals here!
While you can find all fourteen issues of Savage Starlight in The Last of Us Part 1, you can only read the front and back covers of them by examining them in Joel or Ellie's inventory, and there's no way to open them up and read inside. As mentioned, the back cover blurbs do obliquely refer to events in the game or relationships between characters, but that's as close as we get to finding out what the pages of Savage Starlight contain.
And no - despite many thinking that when The Last of Us first came out that the Savage Starlight series was a hint at some future game or project, they've never properly followed it up with anything related, so there's currently no chance to buy, read or play the series in some form.
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