So when an old friend and a crooked cop approach with a plan to seize millions of dollars in contraband from an evidence transport van, Leo must make tough choices, knowing there's nothing you can trust less in this world than a cop on the take.Īnd as a bonus, each issue of Criminal will be packed with material, featuring a full length continuing story, as well as back-up stories and articles about the crime genre in all its forms from the pulps to the modern day. But to some criminals, even professionals, the right payout is worth almost any risk. Ed Brubaker pens another fantastic crime comic book filled with mystery, double-crossing, and murders galore. The title was relaunched in 2008, with the second series running for seven issues. The original Criminal series ran for a total of 10 issues. See, Leo is not a shoot-first think-later guy Leo is a professional. Brubaker and Phillips' Criminal initially launched in 2006 from the now-defunct Icon Comics, a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics. but only if he can be convinced the job is safe enough. In our debut issue, we meet Leo, who can plan the perfect heist. Whenever I'm lucky enough to score a new issue of this ongoing comics series by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips, I save it to savor in the small cone of a lamp's.

He was born at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. Navigating through a world of smoky barrooms and double-crosses to present tales of heists, murders and cons, CRIMINAL is determined to be different than any other book on the shelves today. Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an Eisner Award-winning American cartoonist and writer.

This fall crime noir smacks you right in the face, as award-winning writer Ed Brubaker, whose recent hits on Daredevil, Captain America and the X-Men have made him one of the top writers in the field, joins best-selling Marvel Zombies artist Sean Phillips for CRIMINAL, a new ongoing series from Icon.

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