Clean Room Vol. 1: Immaculate Conception

by Gail Simone, Jon Davis-Hunt

Overview

Fan-favorite Gail Simone's (BATGIRL, WONDER WOMAN) debut Vertigo series begins here! Journalist Chloe Pierce had no idea that her fiancé Philip's decision to pick up a book by enigmatic and compelling self-help guru Astrid Mueller would change her life forever-by ending his! Three months after reading Mueller's book, Philip had blown his brains out all over Chloe's new kitchen-and something in that book made him do it. Now, Chloe will stop at nothing as she attempts to infiltrate Mueller's clandestine organization to find the truth behind Philip's suicide and a "Clean Room" that she's heard whispers of-a place where your deepest fears are exposed and your worst moments revealed. Collects CLEAN ROOM #1-6.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401269500
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	06/21/2016
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	855,964
File size:	66 MB
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About the Author

A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, SECRET SIX, BIRDS OF PREY and the creator-owned WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She recently wrote BATGIRL for DC Comics and has CLEAN ROOM upcoming from Vertigo.

Editorial Reviews

06/20/2016
The premise of this bracing series launch from Simone (Birds of Prey) sounds familiar: a secretive, powerful, and celebrity-filled organization promises wisdom to all who follow its teachings. But the cult-like Honest World Foundation turns the Scientology analogy on its ear: they really do know the truths of the universe and might be humankind’s only hope. Chloe Pierce is a reporter trying to figure why her fiancé, an Honest World acolyte, shot himself. Chloe’s introduction to the cult’s arrogant leader, Astrid Mueller, a piercing-eyed Valkyrie in sleek business wear, doesn’t give her much confidence in their aims. But the steady accumulation of supernatural occurrences forces Chloe to conclude that there are worse things out there than Honest World. Propulsively written by Simone and drawn by Davis-Hunt with a clarity that’s both gruesome and precise, this story will get under the reader’s skin. (June)

Publishers Weekly

CLEAN ROOM gives horror a fresh, new sheen. Twisted thrills guaranteed.”
—Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus novels
 
“A haunting tale of the lethal power of the human heart—as well as the danger, mystery, and horror that hides just at the edge of sight.”
—Marjorie M. Liu, creator/writer of Monstress
 
“Simone creates an effectively eerie atmosphere as well as a intense, compelling antagonism among her characters, making for the beginnings of an absorbing psychological (and maybe supernatural) thriller.” – PopMatters
 
“…Simone and Davis-Hunt at their unhinged best.” – IGN

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