A Killing in Comics (A Jack Starr Mystery) - Softcover

Max Allan Collins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 042521365X ISBN 13: 9780425213650

Publisher: Berkley Trade, 2007

Synopsis

In 1948, when the publisher of the blockbuster "Wonder Guy" comic strip is found dead, Maggie Starr joins forces with her stepson, Jack Starr, to uncover a killer among a host of suspects.

About this title

About the Author:

Max Allan Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins.

From Publishers Weekly:

Fans who admire Collins's superb Nate Heller series for its ingenious, innovative and well-researched solutions to historical mysteries like the Black Dahlia murder (Angel in Black) and Amelia Earhart's disappearance (Flying Blind) will find this bland, broadly sketched whodunit several notches below the author's best work. The action takes place in 1948 Manhattan, where Donny Harrison, publisher of Americana Comics, gets impaled on a huge cake knife at his 50th birthday party, and Jack Starr, troubleshooter for a newspaper syndicate, investigates the many who wished Harrison dead. The premise—setting a murder mystery among the legends who created the first iconic comic book heroes, represented here as Wonder Guy and Batwing (thinly disguised versions of Superman and Batman)—is promising, but instead of a thoughtful and insightful exploration of that idea, Collins settles for near parody. Terry Beatty (Batman) contributes tongue-in-cheek, retro comic art throughout. (May)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Trade
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 042521365X
• ISBN 13: 9780425213650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 261
• Illustrator: Terry Beatty