And to celebrate the return of the comic that solidified their reputations as Masters of Noir, Brubaker and Phillips, along with colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser, are creating a special 48-page one-shot sure to excite diehard fans and pull in new readers alike. For the true Criminal fanatic, a special Criminal: Savage Edition magazine-sized variant will also be available.
It’s 1976, and Teeg Lawless is doing 30 days in county jail with a price on his head; his only safe company from the savagery: a beat-up old comic magazine his dead cellmate left behind. It’s Criminal like you’ve never seen it before, with a comic within the comic and all those slick ‘70s thrills!
“We’ve been planning the return of Criminal for the past year, and I couldn’t let the launch go by without returning to our underworld for a new story,” said Brubaker. “With Fatale and The Fade Out, we’ve been hearing from a lot of new readers, so it couldn’t be a better time to get the thing we’re most known for back on the shelves.”
Criminal one-shot will be available on 1/28 and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code NOV140567. The magazine-sized Savage Edition will be available on 1/28 as well and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code NOV140568. Criminal, Vol. 1: Coward trade paperback will be available on 1/28 as well and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code NOV140569.
