This one I picked up on a complete whim. I've been impressed by Steve Niles' stories in the past, but as soon as I saw the Berni Wrightson was doing the full interior art . . pencils and inks . . I decided to pick it up. It's kind of nice, also, because I have no idea what it's about, and no preconceived notions. I'm going in to it . . a virgin. I feel so vulnerable. Anyways, I thought it was a pretty good book. It's done in a film-noir type of style. Basically, we meet this guy, Joe Coogan, the day after he dies. He's used to waking up from a drunken stooper, so when he first gets up . . he thinks it's just another morning. Although he is a little stiffer than usual. And I don't mean in the Viagra kind of way. When he see his guts spilling out the bullet hole in his stomach, and coming out his back, he realizes what's going on and that he has rigor mortis. He's a detective . . I'm sorry, actually . . a PI. So he does what he does and he starts looking for who did this to him. The guy on the cover is the one who killed him. But Joe isn't getting any information from him because he's taking a dirt nap also, but . . "He had the sort of death that was permanent." There's also a couple pages in the middle about a family that's out camping in the woods. It looks like the parents get swallowed up by the insects in the grass. I think the 2 stories are related because Joe finds what looks like a lobster claw wedged under the couch of the victim. And of course, right when he's kneeling over the victim is when the cops show up. I thought it was a good first issue. It'll be interesting to see where the story goes from here. I really liked Berni's art. It's great to see him back in action. He's done a few covers, over the last year or so, but I don't know that he's done any interiors. I'll definitely be back for issue #2.
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