Hard Looks

    (Dark Horse, 1992-1993)
™ 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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Hard Looks #1

March, 1992
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $1.75 		Andrew Vachss, Dave Gibbons, Barbara Kesel, Neal Barrett Jr.Dave Gibbons, Gary Gianni, Rick Magyar, Tim Bradstreet
Hard Looks #2

May, 1992
Cover Price: $2.50
5 copies available from $1.75 		Andrew Vachss, Chris Warner, Chet Williamson, Randy StradleyChris Warner, Tony Fitzpatrick, Warren Pleece, David Lloyd
Hard Looks #3

July, 1992
Cover Price: $2.50
8 copies available from $1.75 		Andrew Vachss, George Pratt, Jerry ProsserGeorge Pratt, Warren Pleece, James O’Barr
Hard Looks #4

September, 1992
Cover Price: $2.50
4 copies available from $1.99 		Andrew Vachss, Neal Barrett Jr.Paul Guinan, Jeffrey K. Potter
Hard Looks #5

November, 1992
Cover Price: $2.50
6 copies available from $1.75 		Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Neal Barrett Jr.Christopher Moeller, Gary Gianni, Richard Olsen
Hard Looks #6

January, 1993
Cover Price: $2.95
5 copies available from $4.00 		Andrew Vachss, Neal Barrett Jr., Rose Dawn BedfordDavid Lloyd, John Bergin, Phil Hester, Tom Artis
Hard Looks #7

March, 1993
Cover Price: $2.95
4 copies available from $2.00 		Andrew Vachss, Gary Pleece, Neal Barrett Jr., James ColbertWarren Pleece, Jack Pollack, Tony Fitzpatrick, Tom Artis
Hard Looks #8

May, 1993
Cover Price: $2.95
5 copies available from $3.25 		Andrew Vachss, Jerry Prosser, Charles De LintHarry O. Morris, Geof Darrow, Doug D’Antiquis
Hard Looks #9

July, 1993
Cover Price: $2.95
4 copies available from $3.98 		Andrew Vachss, Jerry Prosser, Neal Barrett Jr.Bob Fingerman, James O’Barr, John Watkiss, Klaus Janson
Hard Looks #10

September, 1993
Cover Price: $3.50
4 copies available from $2.25 		Andrew Vachss, James ColbertMonty Sheldon, Bruce Jones
Hard Looks Book #1

September, 1996
Cover Price: $17.95
1 copy available for $9.00 		Andrew Vachss