Criminal Macabre: The Cal McDonald Casebook Volume 1

Illustrated by Various
Ebook
On sale Apr 23, 2013 | 560 Pages | 9781621157311

In the dark and gritty town of Los Angeles, one man stands between humans and... everything else. Cal McDonald, private detective with scotch for blood, investigates the cases that no one else will. Mummies—shedemons, frankenstein creations, and possessed cars. Collects Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery #1#5, "A Letter from B.S." from the Dark Horse comic Drawing on Your Nightmares, Love Me Tenderloin, Last Train to Deadsville #1#4, Criminal Macabre: Supernatural Freak Machine #1#5, Hairball, and the prose Savage Membrane.

* From the creator of 30 Days of Night.
Steve Niles was born June 21, 1965. He is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, and Batman: Gotham County Line. Niles was born in Jackson, New Jersey, and he was raised in the Washington, DC suburbs, developing various creative interests in music, writing, and making amateur films. He is credited among other contemporary writers for bringing horror comics back to prominence. View titles by Steve Niles

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In the dark and gritty town of Los Angeles, one man stands between humans and... everything else. Cal McDonald, private detective with scotch for blood, investigates the cases that no one else will. Mummies—shedemons, frankenstein creations, and possessed cars. Collects Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery #1#5, "A Letter from B.S." from the Dark Horse comic Drawing on Your Nightmares, Love Me Tenderloin, Last Train to Deadsville #1#4, Criminal Macabre: Supernatural Freak Machine #1#5, Hairball, and the prose Savage Membrane.

* From the creator of 30 Days of Night.

Author

Steve Niles was born June 21, 1965. He is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, and Batman: Gotham County Line. Niles was born in Jackson, New Jersey, and he was raised in the Washington, DC suburbs, developing various creative interests in music, writing, and making amateur films. He is credited among other contemporary writers for bringing horror comics back to prominence. View titles by Steve Niles

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