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Smoketown (2017 Scout) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Smoketown (2017 Scout) 1

    Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson. Art by Scott Van Domelen. Cover by Dustin Mollick. From acclaimed writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Warlords of Appalachia, Last Sons of America), and introducing artist Scott Van Domelen, comes the first in an interconnecting series of chapters in the tradition of David Lapham's Stray Bullets, Brubaker/Phillips' Criminal, and Pulp Fiction. Each chapter explores the final days of a murdered soldier from a new perspective, each one exposing the criminal side of a small industrial Pennsylvania town. In Chapter One, 'Killing Marcus,' after a life-or-death situation, a battered wife and mother has until sunrise to cover up her husband's murder, not knowing that her actions have set her up for a confrontation with some even more dangerous people. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #2
    Smoketown (2017 Scout) 2

    Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson. Art by Scott Van Domelen. Cover by Dustin Mollick. When Dale's high school idol Marcus comes home from Afghanistan, he finds that Marcus' wartime experiences have left him unrecognizable… and dangerous. When Marcus' volatile new behavior culminates in a brutal assault, Dale has to defuse the situation before people are killed. Smoketown revolves around an American soldier in the days leading up to his murder. Each chapter reveals a new facet of that soldier's life as he unravels, exposing another criminal or desperate element of his supposedly quiet Pennsylvania town. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #3
    Smoketown (2017 Scout) 3

    Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson. Art and Cover by Scott Van Domelen and Dustin Mollick. The next chapter in this hard-hitting, thought-provoking new series from acclaimed writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Warlords of Appalachia, Last Sons of America). Jamie Bennett can't wait to start his own life, as far as possible from his boring family and townie friends. But on his last night at home, he witnesses a murder… and his dad's involved. Far from upset, Bennett finds himself much more interested in the family business than before. But after what he's seen, Bennett's dad isn't even sure he'll be able to protect him. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #6
    Smoketown (2017 Scout) 6

    Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson. Art and Cover by Scott Van Domelen. Officer Bernie Jones joined the police force to protect people, but his career hasn't worked out that way. Three months from retirement, he's assigned an apparent suicide, but he sees connections that no one else sees, connections that suggest murder. As he digs deeper, he's surprised to learn that the one who needs his protection most may also be the killer he's looking for. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.