Shangri-La

    (Image, 2004)
™ and © 2004 Marc Bryant & Shepherd Hendrix

This black and white graphic novel from Marc Bryant, Shepherd Hendrix (The Big Book of Grimm), and Image Comics is an interesting spin on the “buddy movie” concept: because she’s a fan, Jetta Helm, a burned-out assassin questioning her choice of vocation, defaults on a contract to kill washed-up, has-been rock star Correy Stinson. Her act brings the unlikely duo into conflict with the record label that wants Stinson dead and sets them on a cross-country run from hillbilly hitman Lonsome Roscoe. But the real problem between them is chemistry—will Jetta and Stinson kill each other before Roscoe gets his chance?

— Thomas Moudry
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January, 2004
Cover Price: $7.95
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