HARD CASE CRIME PEEPLAND #1 (OF 5)
NYCC EXC
(W) Christa Faust (A) GARY PHILLIPS (CA) Andrea Camerini
Times Square, 1986: the home of New York's red light district where strip clubs, porno theatres and petty crime prevails. When a chance encounter for Peepbooth worker Roxy Bell leads to the brutal murder of a public access pornographer, the erotic performer and her punk rock ex-partner Nick Zero soon find themselves under fire from criminals, cops, and the city elite, as they begin to untangle a complex web of corruption leading right to city hall.Like The Naked City, there are eight million stories in The Deuce. This is one of them.
(W) GARY PHILLIPS (A) Elena Casagrande (CA) Mitch Gerads
The Southland Vigilante is starting to make his presence felt in Los Angeles, though he's also starting to feel the pain of battle. After his first encounter with Spectros, he barely escaped with his life. Now it's time to dig deeper, heading into the dark underbelly of the city, from illegal cockfights to the corporate boardrooms of some of the most elite crooks on the scene. RATED T+