The one complaint I have with the collected versions of most of the Brubaker and Phillips books is that they don’t collect the essays at the end of each issue (which remain a special treat for those of us who still buy single issues). (Imagine the TV series Fargo in comic form.) Things I Can’t Understand Nevertheless, on their own, they are still complete and completely satisfying. Set in the fictional Center City, all of the stories do work together to make a richer story. Begun in 2005 as part of Marvel’s Icon imprint, Criminal features arcs that are all self-contained but feature characters, events, and settings that appear in each series. Criminal OriginsĬruel Summer was originally published as issues of the long-running Criminal series, but the new hardcover release is completely self-contained. Even Dan Farraday is trying to save someone, making up for people he couldn’t save before. Jane, as much of a grifter as she seems to be, also really seems to have found something in Teeg. Ricky has grown up around criminals but is still just a kid. The characters are all people in bad situations who make decisions that only make things worse.
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