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Ruse TPB (2002-2003 CrossGen) comic books

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Ruse TPB (2002-2003 CrossGen) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Enter The Detective!" Collects Ruse (2001-2004) #1-6.

    Written by Mark Waid. Art by Butch Guice, Johnson, Mike Perkins, and Neary. Cover by Butch Guice and Laura DePuy.

    Collected at last - the first six issues of CrossGen's newest breakout hit, Ruse!

    As the world's greatest detective, Simon Archard long ago lost interest in crimes that present to him absolutely no challenge...but when a sudden spate of extraordinary homicides and impossible events threatens the gas-lit streets of Partington, only Archard and his partner Emma Bishop can separate the guilty from the innocent.

    Sherlock Holmes meets the X-Files - Ruse mingles the Victorian detective genre with equal helpings of suspense and comedy.

    The CrossGen Universe has long had a sense of mystery. Now, at last it has a detective!

    Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

    Cover price $15.95.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Ruse TPB (2002-2003 CrossGen) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Silent Partner!" Collects Ruse (2001-2004) #7-12.

    Written by Mark Waid. Art by Butch Guice, Mike Perkins, and Laura DePuy.

    Simon and Emma's search for the enigmatic Lightbourne takes them on a perilous cross-country journey to a baffling town full - or, rather, empty - of vanished men! And if Simon cannot solve the mystery of their disappearance before daybreak, neither he nor Emma will live to see the dawn!

    Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

    Cover price $15.95.