Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: The Night I Died

Illustrated by Marcelo Salaza
Paperback
$16.99 US
| $22.99 CAN
On sale Dec 18, 2018 | 112 Pages | 9781785866449
Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer returns to comics in this thrilling noir series, based on an original plot by Mickey Spillane, written by Max Allan Collins.

When a chance encounter with a captivating femme fatale leads to a violent mob retaliation, hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer finds himself dodging both bullets and hard broads as he undertakes the most dangerous case of his career.
"The Night I Died ticks all of the boxes when it comes to being a solid crime noir tale. It’s dark, it’s gritty, and I loved it. Fans of the genre owe it to themselves to give this one a look" - Geek Dad

"A tale full of twists, turns and double-crosses of all manners and forms. It contains virtually everything one could reasonably want and expect in a Hammer adventure" - Book Reporter

"Captures that tried and true Mike Hammer feel" - JustAGuyWhoLikes2Read
MAX ALLAN COLLINS was hailed in 2004 by Publisher's Weekly as "a new breed of writer." A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991).

MARCELO SALAZA is a Brazilian comic artist. He began his career as a visual artist in 1995, doing adult comics in Brazil. After that, he worked as an illustrator for newspapers in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro. Past work includes Grimm Fairy Tales: Day of the Dead, Trancers, Empress, Logans Run and the Millarworld Annual 2017

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Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer returns to comics in this thrilling noir series, based on an original plot by Mickey Spillane, written by Max Allan Collins.

When a chance encounter with a captivating femme fatale leads to a violent mob retaliation, hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer finds himself dodging both bullets and hard broads as he undertakes the most dangerous case of his career.

Reviews

"The Night I Died ticks all of the boxes when it comes to being a solid crime noir tale. It’s dark, it’s gritty, and I loved it. Fans of the genre owe it to themselves to give this one a look" - Geek Dad

"A tale full of twists, turns and double-crosses of all manners and forms. It contains virtually everything one could reasonably want and expect in a Hammer adventure" - Book Reporter

"Captures that tried and true Mike Hammer feel" - JustAGuyWhoLikes2Read

Author

MAX ALLAN COLLINS was hailed in 2004 by Publisher's Weekly as "a new breed of writer." A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991).

MARCELO SALAZA is a Brazilian comic artist. He began his career as a visual artist in 1995, doing adult comics in Brazil. After that, he worked as an illustrator for newspapers in his hometown, Rio de Janeiro. Past work includes Grimm Fairy Tales: Day of the Dead, Trancers, Empress, Logans Run and the Millarworld Annual 2017