PREVIEW: 'Comic Books Kill' #1 by Shane Berryhill, Hoyt Silva, and Kevin Lennertz

Golden Age Comics creator Jack Levi places his life and career on the line when he begins an illicit affair with the femme fatale mistress of his mob boss publisher.

New York. 1939. Comics creator Jack Levi places his life and career on the line when he begins an illicit affair with the femme fatale lover of his mafia boss publisher. Based on long-held rumors that the comics industry of the 30s and 40s served as a front for organized crime, COMIC BOOKS KILL is a crime noir tale of myths, mistresses, and mobsters sure to thrill fans of Lee, Kirby, Brubaker, and Phillips.

CREATIVE TEAM

Shane Berryhill – Writer / Co-Creator

Hoyt Silva – Artist / Co-Creator

Kevin Lennertz – Colorist

Micah Myers – Letterer

Nicole D’Andria – Editor

QUOTE FROM THE CREATOR

“Hoyt Silva and I always knew it would take a publisher of vision—of true boldness and daring—to publish a controversial book like COMIC BOOKS KILL. So we were ecstatic when an industry firebrand like Scout Comics took the project onboard. Under their banner, time has proven us to be in the most capable of hands. And our experience with Scout editorial has been second to none!” Shane Berryhill, writer/co-creator, COMIC BOOKS KILL

REVIEWS

“This story perfectly captures a time when comics lifted our imaginations and gangsters ruled our nightmares, but it brings them together with a crash of heart and stones.” – Brian Stelfreeze, award-winning artist of Black Panther, Daymen, & Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

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Courtesy of Scout Comics

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