5/11/2023 0 Comments Fatale, Vol. 1 by Ed BrubakerJosephine appears trapped and bullied so Raines quickly tries to be her protector, Bookman only wants a way out of his life, while a man simply dubbed Bishop, the leader of a dark cult, seeks Josephine for a ritual as old as creation itself. What he discovers is an eternal cycle in which Josephine is a key player, the men infatuated with her only tragic pawns in a violent game of cat and mouse that spans eons, the story itself moving back and forth over various decades.ĭeath Chases Me starts in the 1950s to introduce Josephine, a young Hank Raines trying to get the story of a lifetime, and Jo’s lover Detective Walt Bookman. Josephine disappears again, leaving Nicholas curious about her and the connection to his ‘Uncle’ Dom. She’s claiming to be the grand-daughter of an old acquaintance of Raines here to pay her respects, and Nicholas’ life is immediately plunged into chaos. Nicholas Lash meets the beautiful Josephine at the funeral of his godfather Dominic Raines. Volume 1 collects the first two books, Death Chases Me and The Devil’s Business. Initially meant as a miniseries, it fills five paperbacks and two additional hardcover deluxe editions. Fatale is a stunning body of work by creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, a noir thriller that borrows from every sub-genre and still manages to craft something refreshingly original.
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