Delve into the underground in our latest What's Trending, featuring the gripping world of crime thriller comics, where danger lurks around every corner and suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat.
These thrilling graphic narratives delve into the dark and mysterious realms of crime, weaving tales of cunning criminals, relentless detectives, and unexpected plot twists that will leave you craving for more.
1. Secrets at Blackpoint, 183 pages - Published by truemoodproductions, (cc/ @truemoodproductions)
Mortem, a recently graduated high schooler, kills his abusive father in self-defense. Katsumi Sicarius, a well-known assassin, kills a random citizen in a fit of rage. Lost and confused, the two meet by chance. Katsumi wants redemption, Mortem wants distraction, and the city wants them dead. Can they survive the back-alley retribution of Blackpoint? Or will they descend into madness first?
Story and Art by truemoodproductions
2. Amputation Capital, 136 pages - Published by TPub, (cc/ @stacitpub)
Amputation Capital is a dystopian present where celebrities and influencers sell body parts on a publicly-traded skin market. The story focuses on three characters that are displaced and objectified by the skin business. Alfie is a lowly skin trader who has dreams of becoming a CEO, Morgan is a recently divorced actress who sold her ring finger for 2 million dollars and Walter is a former pornstar who makes a symbolic gesture of solidarity after appearing in a porn film with trafficked women. Amputation Capital is Death of a Salesman meets Saw.
Story and Art by TPub
3. Vei4, 202 pages - Published by Helenicchi, (cc/ @Helenicchi)
[Updates every wednesday and friday!] "We...won't be able to go outside anymore...?" 20 secret agents are now trapped in a structure in the middle of the sea without internet connection or any other way to contact other people. Here they will have to work as the "Future Project Association" and catch, fight and stop the White Crows, a dangerous criminal association, thanks to a powerful yet lethal mineral. However, there are also some problems between the agents that could interfere with their job...
Story and Art by Helenicchi
4. Now Hiring, 65 pages - Published by Spelledeg, (cc/ @spelledeg)
80s crime-thriller set in an alternate world where aliens made human contact in antiquity. At the crossroads of danger and opportunity, two strangers forge a bloody pact built on control and brutality—Maks, a struggling alien refugee, and Aisel, kingpin of the criminal underworld. Nothing good follows.
Story and Art by Spelledeg
5. Dark Lines of London, 125 pages - Published by Markosia Enterprises, (cc/ @Markosia)
The Da Vinci Code meets Timeline when a London Grad Student find himself in a race against the clock to not only find John Dee’s missing grimoire, but to use it to contact Dee himself; in the process stopping a chain of events that would end the world.
Story and Art by Mariela Malova, Stephen Saleh, Tony Lee
6. Pandora's Eyes, 124 pages - Published by Humanoids, (cc/ @BrunoHumanoids)
An edge-of-your-seat thriller spiced with Milo Manara's gorgeous erotic sensibility. PUBLICATION IN 1 VOLUME - COMPLETED WORK. Pandora is a beautiful young woman living with her adoptive parents in a major European city. Out of the blue, she learns that her real father might be a terrible mob boss wanted by the international authorities. When she is kidnappe…
Story and Art by Francesco Gaston, Milo Manara, Vincenzo Cerami
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