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    Todd Jordan
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  • Nailbiter #1


    Published by: Image Comics
    Released on: May 7, 2014
    Writer: Joshua Williamson
    Artist: Mike Henderson
    Cover artist: Mike Henderson
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    Detective Eliot Carroll became obsessed with solving a case of an unusual type, and one he became obsessed with after he captured a serial killer by the name of Edward Charles Warren. Warren's M.O. was to kidnap people who chewed their nails, then he'd wait for them to grow out and then chew them off down to bare bone. Oh, and then he'd kill them. But that particular case isn't what fascinated Carroll; it was the fact that Warren's hometown of Buckaroo, Oregon was the birthplace of sixteen of the world's worst serial killers, according to owner of the Murder Store right there in town.

    Carroll calls his old buddy from Army Intelligence, Officer Nicolas Finch, and begs him to come out to Buckaroo, where Carroll had been working feverishly on his investigation. He thinks he's cracked the case off the Buckaroo Butchers, but needs Finch to fly out there to see it for himself. When Finch gets there the very next day, Carroll has gone missing. With the help of the local badge Sheriff Crane, Finch gains a bit of information that might lead him to find Carroll. It also leads him to the front door of someone Carroll knows, and the two law officials seem to have caught that person in the middle of cooking dinner.

    A great start to what could be a great series. The idea of a town that has mysteriously become a birthing ground for serial killers is a pretty cool idea indeed. What could it be? Demonic? Sacred Native American ground gone sour? Someone moved the headstones but didn't move the bodies? Only writer Joshua Williamson knows (and maybe artist Mike Henderson, too), and he isn't telling. Not yet anyway. Williamson has already begun to tell the stories of the killers, starting with the towns first, “Book Burner”, and it's probable that all sixteen murderers will be talked about at some point. Let's hope so.

    The artwork in this book is really appealing, with great facial expressions and features that really bring out the personality in some characters, such as the Brian Dennehy-looking Murder Store owner, Raleigh Woods. The dreariness of the constant rain in this issue helps with the grim tone of the book, too, as does the coloring job. There's not a lot of brightness to this comic, but there is a lot of promise. If you can get past the “no way that would happen” stuff, then you should be able to enjoy this read.


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