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Hard Case Crime Comics
Series · 5 books · 1989-2019

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#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.
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#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’.
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#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...
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#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”.
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#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!

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