Fatale Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips
Buy on AmazonThe cursed Josephine travels from 1950s San Francisco, where crooked cops hide deeper evils, to mid-1970s Los Angeles, where burnt-out actors and ex-cult groupies are caught in her dark web of death and desire.
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"A raven-haired dame with a mysterious power over men flees from a cult in this virtuoso noir tale. Ed Brubaker’s fiendishly addictive story unspools in three different time periods: When the intoxicating Josephine is working her magic in the 1950s, Sean Phillips gets to splash out on classic clothes and vintage spaces. Then, when we’re transported to the ‘70s, he captures the change in atmosphere without missing a beat. Josephine is an irresistible cipher trapped by her own seductive web, and the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired baddies incite real shivers."
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