Hard Case Crime Comics
Series · 7 books · 1989-2019
Books in series
#4
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2013
Presenting a new vision of the worldwide bestselling Millennium novels by Stieg Larsson, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is the first comic book adaptation of Lisbeth Salander's harrowing story ever to appear in English.
#5
La chica que soñaba con una cerilla y un bidón de gasolina
2014
¿Quién es la «chica que soñaba con una cerilla y un bidón de gasolina»? ¿Quién es la presa? ¿Quién es el asesino? ¿Dónde está el mal? De nuevo al frente de la revista Millenium, Mikäel Blomkvist ejerce un periodismo sin concesiones. Su nueva investigación: la trata de blancas. Cuando dos periodistas son asesinados, y acusan a Lisbeth Salander de los crímenes, la investigación se convierte en una cuestión de supervivencia.
Sylvain Runberg ofrece una nueva vida a Lisbeth y a Mikäel, dos héroes que luchan por la verdad, contra la injusticia, y para ello están dispuestos a atravesar las zonas más oscuras de nuestra sociedad contemporánea. El segundo thriller de Stieg Larsson se apoya en una puesta en escena tensa, del catalán Man, según las creaciones gráficas de José Homs.
#12
The Prague Coup Vol. 1
2017
Inspired by the story behind Orson Welles’ ‘The Third Man’. Author Graham Green finds himself in the midst of an intricate plot to unseat the Czech government in an explosive event remembered as the Prague Coup.
A tense political thriller from Hard Case Crime set against the backdrop of Orson Welles’ ‘The Third Man’.
#17
Ryuko 1
2010
Suite à un coup d'Etat de l'armée rebelle, le royaume de Forossyah, qui dominait la mer Noire, disparaît sous les flammes. Ryûko, boss d'un clan de yakuzas dont les activités s'étendent jusqu'au Moyen-Orient, se voit confier la garde de Barrel, la fille du roi, qui vient à peine de naître. Dix-huit ans plus tard, Barrel a grandi et veut prendre son envol, mais sa bienfaitrice voit ses caprices d'un mauvais oeil. Un jour, le QG du clan de Ryûko à Forossyah subit un assaut de l'armée. Là, des vérités éclatent au grand jour, notamment au sujet de la mère de Ryûko, censée être décédée, et vont conduire la jeune femme à se rendre au Japon pour en savoir plus...
#18
Ms. Tree, Vol. 1
One Mean Mother
2019
“Despite the tragic scenarios, ruthless characterisations and high body count, this is a clever, funny affair steeped in the lore of detective fiction, dripping in the truly magical gratification that shows complete scum finally get what’s coming to them.” – Comics Review
The collected casebooks of famed ‘80s private eye, Ms. Tree.
When her private detective husband is murdered by the Muerta crime family, Ms. Tree takes over the business! Cold, calculating and tough as nails, no case is too small, no violence too extreme, so long as a mystery is solved… and Ms. Tree is paid.
The creation of award-winning crime and comics writer Max Allan Collins (Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Road to Perdition, Quarry’s War). Illustrated by co-creator and pulp legend Terry Beatty (Johnny Dynamite, Mike Danger, Rex Morgan M.D.)
Collects five classic Ms. Tree stories for the first time since the ‘80s, plus the rare Ms. Tree prose story “Inconvenience Store”.
#20
The Big Hoax
1991
Denaldo Reynoso is a down-on-his-luck ex-cop, kicked to the curb for daring to do his job in the corrupt Banana Republic of La Colonia. Now, no good to himself or anyone else, he agrees to help a captivating woman known far and wide in La Colonia, a living myth of perfect virtue and reported healing powers, a facade that conceals a sordid web of deceit and depravity as ugly as the illusion is beautiful. But Reynoso's desperate grasp for redemption unleashes a plague of evils, none more lethal than the Iguana, an unstoppable assassin whose mission is to bury the truth...and anyone who threatens to reveal it! Written by CyberSix creator Carlos Trillo and illustrated by Roberto Mandrafina, The Big Hoax is another essential Venture graphic album, published in collaboration with Strip Art Features, and available for the first time in an English-language edition!
#31
Ms. Tree Vol. 6
Fallen Tree
1989
The sixth sensational instalment in the Hard Case Crime books of Ms. Tree, private detective, from famed Hard Case Crime author Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition).
Fans of pulp noir and hard-boiled detective crime fiction will love this seminal collection of classic comics.
From the minds of award-winning author Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty, comes the sixth collection of classic Ms. Tree stories, collected together for the first time!
Join Michael Tree, the 6ft, 9mm carrying private detective on her thrilling adventures. No case is too small, no violence too extreme, just as long as it gets the job done.
Fans of hard-boiled detective and crime fiction will get a thrill from these “Fallen Tree!”; “Like Father”; “Murder Cruise”; “New Years Evil”; “Coming of Rage”; and more!
Authors
Domingo Mandrafina
Author · 2 books
Domingo Roberto Mandrafina, aka Cacho Mandrafina, is an Argentine comics artist.
Carlos Trillo
Author · 14 books
Carlos Trillo was an Argentine comic book writer. Trillo began a prolific career as writer already at the age of 20, writing his first story for Patoruzú magazine. Trillo created, together with Horacio Altuna, the strip El Loco Chávez, which appeared every day at the back of the newspaper Clarín from July 26, 1975 to November 10, 1987. After that, the strip was replaced by El Negro Blanco, which he wrote for the artist Ernesto García Seijas until September 1993. He married writer Ema Wolf and had two children. He participated on the creation of several comics including Cybersix in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the Clara de noche and Cicca Dum Dum series with Jordi Bernet. He has also collaborated with Alberto Breccia and Alejandro Dolina. In 1999, his work La grande arnaque won the Prize for Scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He died in London on May 8, 2011, while on holiday with his wife. (Source: Wikipedia)
