3.79 AVERAGE

jimbritt75's review

4.25
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ssn8's review

3.75
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Really interesting story, and the way it was told made it seem very frenetic and off kilter. That said, I did think the art style was lazy at times, noticeably reducing the same drawing for multiple pages, and the story was a little shallow. 
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Pretty interesting. Set during the 1930s Cleveland Torso Murders and based somewhat on fact. Eliot Ness has moved from Chicago after busting Al Capone to Cleveland to become the city's safety director. A bunch of bodies start showing up minus heads and limbs. Interesting setting. Didn't realize there was a such a big shantytown on the flats due to an influx of people fleeing the depression who all thought Cleveland was going to be one of the first American cities to get back on its feet.

My gripes with the book stem from the artwork. While it's awesomely noir and adventurous, it was hard to tell one character from another and the caterpillar-esque speech bubbles were tough to follow. In the end, the story was a bit of a pfffft.
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Writing little bit on the nose but very cool art style and also crazy this happened
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