Ok, this was an interesting book. Coogan is still dead, obviously, so now he's just getting smellier and uglier. And if he wasn't sure about that . . everyone he meets tells him so. He does make some headway with the story though this issue. He's been trying to figure out who killed him. It looks like it was an associate, 'Sticks'. A few weeks ago he had been hired by a Doctor's wife to find out if he was cheating on her. He wasn't, all he was doing was spending all his time in his lab. But, during the course of the stake-out he was spotted by one of the Doctor's cameras. Which is why he hired 'Sticks' to kill him. However, when Coogan arrives at 'Sticks' pad, he's dead, and then the cops come in about a minute later. That's where this issue starts, and, through the course of the interrogation, Coogan and the cops put together the pieces with the Doctor. Now he just has to figure out why he had him killed. We find out it's because he's raising an army of giant ants that seem to do his bidding. Apparently, he didn't want anyone else to know about it. The issue ends when he sends them in to a trailer park to go after some meat for the larvae. This book is interesting because of the 'film-noir' style that Steve Niles is writing it in. I believe this is a mini-series, and next issue may be the last issue. It kind of reminds me of an episode of Tales From the Crypt. Not any specific episode, just that it could be in that series. It would fit. The real reason I bought the book though is because of Berni Wrightson's pencils. He's one of my favorites and I couldn't pass up any new work by him. I believe he's inking his own stuff here also. He fits perfectly with the story because this is definitely his genre. Try it out if you get a chance.
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