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It was a book that would require just the right artist, someone Who could handle both human drama and military hardware. As soon as Mitch Gerads’ name popped into my head, Icouldn’t imagine anyone else tackling Tom’s soript. Luckily, he read it and said yes! Things may not come together so easily for the cast of THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON, but they certainly worked out for us JAMIE S. RICH, SENIOR EDITOR Jere capping off 2015 with a bang with the ‘appropriately titled LAST GANG IN TOWN. Vertigo. veteran Simon Oliver and 2000 AD alum Rufus Dayglo are paired for this decades-spanning, punk-fueled caper, nd it's sure to get everyone on board with my favorite rising genre: geriaction! Getting older doesn’t mean slowing down or going straight for these bandmates turned bandits, as we follow Joey, Alex, Billy Two Planks, and the rest of the gang inthis rock-'r’-rollicking tale gem through England's gutters, grime, and so-called glory days to pull off the ultimate crime of the century before they got royally screwed. See CRU eee ecco to herald new beginnings, and if Macarena tc and usher in tomorrow, Vertigo’s De te hy Bee ag it’s a titillating new take on Lucifer, Cite neim eT ity Cree eae ee Cec CMU eC OR ay will fuel your resolution to leave auld Jang syne behind-the perfect comics to get you into the spirit Deu aa hen Shelly frst handed me Holly Black’s LUCIFER pitch, she said, “You're probably not going to edit this, but just give me your first impressions.” An hour VERTIGO IN DECEMBER N EW ROMANCER. Iti © the title of a dating app that lost its luster © Lord Byron as a leading “man out of time" and his rom-com life with an unabashedly awkward later, she had failed to coder pry it out of my overly enthusiastic hands. However well you know Lucifer Morningstar, this book is a treat! Did you love Mike Carey's Tun? Worry not, so did Holly. Haven't seen Lucifer since THE SANDMAN? Well, we're picking up with him in a similar place. Never encountered this incarnation of the devil before? No prior knowledge necessary! (After all, wasn’t it the original sin?) Lucifer is back on earth and charmingly rendered by artist Lee Garbett (who has some experience with great deceivers). Unfortunately, God is dead and Gabriel has accused Lucifer of their Father's murder. And you thought your family was complicated. 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