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Hard Looks

    (Dark Horse, 1992-1993, 1996)
™ and ©1993 Andrew Vachss

This black-and-white series is a showcase for the writings of Andrew Vachss. Hard Looks is an anthology comic that focuses on the darker things in life: shady alleyways and pit bull fights, secret deals, psychopaths, and cold-blooded murders.

The ten issues of Hard Looks kick off with an adaptation of a story that first appeared in “A Matter Of Crime Vol. III.” In “Dumping Ground,” a pair of police officers who, it seems, are doing a routine check of a deserted area are, in fact, dumping the bodies of women whom they have sexually abused and murdered. The pair think they can never be caught because the place where they dump the bodies is supposedly toxic, so nobody dares to explore. They assume the place is not truly dangerous because a pack of wild dogs lives there, apparently unaffected. The cops made a deadly mistake, however, in assuming that because dogs live there, it would be safe for them…
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Andrew Vachss, Dave Gibbons, Barbara Kesel, Neal Barrett Jr.  ·  A: Dave Gibbons, Gary Gianni, Rick Magyar, Tim Bradstreet
    B&W
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 2
    #2
    May 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Andrew Vachss, Chris Warner, Chet Williamson, Randy Stradley  ·  A: Chris Warner, Tony Fitzpatrick, Warren Pleece, David Lloyd
    B&W
    5 copies from $1.50
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Andrew Vachss, George Pratt, Jerry Prosser  ·  A: George Pratt, Warren Pleece, James O’Barr
    B&W
    6 copies from $4.00
  • 4
    #4
    Sep 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Andrew Vachss, Neal Barrett Jr.  ·  A: Paul Guinan, Jeffrey K. Potter
    B&W
    5 copies from $1.50
  • 5
    #5
    Nov 1992
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Neal Barrett Jr.  ·  A: Christopher Moeller, Gary Gianni, Richard Olsen
    B&W
    6 copies from $1.50
  • 6
    #6
    Jan 1993
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Andrew Vachss, Neal Barrett Jr., Rose Dawn Bedford  ·  A: David Lloyd, John Bergin, Phil Hester, Tom Artis
    B&W
    7 copies from $4.00
  • 7
    #7
    Mar 1993
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Andrew Vachss, Gary Pleece, Neal Barrett Jr., James Colbert  ·  A: Warren Pleece, Jack Pollack, Tony Fitzpatrick, Tom Artis
    B&W
    4 copies from $1.50
  • 8
    #8
    May 1993
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Andrew Vachss, Jerry Prosser, Charles De Lint  ·  A: Harry O. Morris, Geof Darrow, Doug D’Antiquis
    B&W
    6 copies from $1.50
  • 9
    #9
    Jul 1993
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Andrew Vachss, Jerry Prosser, Neal Barrett Jr.  ·  A: Bob Fingerman, James O’Barr, John Watkiss, Klaus Janson
    B&W
    4 copies from $3.98
  • 10
    #10
    Sep 1993
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Andrew Vachss, James Colbert  ·  A: Monty Sheldon, Bruce Jones
    B&W
    5 copies from $2.50