A review by unladylike
The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 by Jonathan Hickman

4.0

This series had not been on my radar whatsoever until one of the local comic book clubs for women I'm in listed vols. 1 and 2 as the topic of discussion for the next meeting. The preview synopsis I read was either a tad misleading or possibly plot-spoiling - something about a group of ultra-wealthy *causing* stock market crashes in order to set themselves up as the sole victors. While this might be the case, the yarn Jonathan Hickman weaves never states things so plainly. Instead, we get some classic Hickman slow-burn world-building, with some police detective murder mystery tropes serving a much more original concept.