The Black Monday Murders Volume 1

by Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker (Artist)

Overview

“MAMMON”
ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and TOMM COKER (UNDYING LOVE) comes a new crypto-noir series about the power of dirty, filthy money... and exactly what kind of people you can buy with it. THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS is classic occultism where the various schools of magic are actually clandestine banking cartels who control all of society: a secret world where vampire Russian oligarchs, Black popes, enchanted American aristocrats, and hitmen from the International Monetary Fund work together to keep ALL OF US in our proper place. Collects THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS #1-4.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534300279
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	01/31/2017
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	703,499
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

Editorial Reviews

03/13/2017
Hickman (East of West) opens the curtain on this tale of a cabal and the trail of bodies they leave behind, all in the service of Mammon. After setting the scene with the crash of 1929, the story moves to various locations in the present, interspersed with “redacted files” that reinforce the atmosphere of conspiracies and cover-ups. Daniel Rothschild, current holder of the Rothschild seat in the banking cartel that controls much of the world’s economy, has been found ritually murdered. The crime calls for the unorthodox skills of Det. Theodore Dumas, an officer who keeps his grandfather’s finger bones in the same drawer as his handgun. Daniel’s death also presents an opportunity for his twin sister, Grigoria, to return from her long banishment and take up the Rothschild seat as well as to seek retribution for both her banishment and her brother’s death. Coker’s noir art style is a perfect match for this brutal story, with the colors provided by Michael Garland leaning heavily on black and red. This is only the first act of what promises to be a grim, skilled drama. (Jan.)

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