Less than a week after its publication date, the first issue in a new graphic crime series by Greg Rucka, Stumptown, is reportedly sold out at the distributor level. The only copies that may be available will be in your local comic book store. (It's also unavailable from the publisher, Oni Press.)
The series, set in Portland (Oregon), features Dex, proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. In the first issue, Dex is less adept at throwing dice, however, than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond broke—she's into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dex's luck is about to change. Sue-Lynne, head of the Wind Coast's casino operation, will clear Dex' debt if she can locate Sue-Lynne's missing granddaughter. But is this job Dex's way out of the hole or a shove down one much much deeper?
In the second issue, on sale November 25th, Dex is hot on the trail of the missing Charlotte Suppa, but the closer she gets, the more people shoot at her. Why is Charlotte on the run and what did she do to garner the attention of the Marenco crime family?
The series website, Stumptown Investigations, is still under development as of the date of this post.
Greg Rucka, author of the Atticus Kodiak mystery series, also wrote the Whiteout graphic series on which the movie of the same name was recently released.
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