The insomniac and former counterfeiter gets drawn into a plan by a man and his girlfriend who want to impersonate an FBI agent.

Bad Night – The story of Jacob, the writer and artist of the ‘Frank Kafka PI’ newspaper strips.The Dead and the Dying – A beautiful but damaged woman returns home with nothing but vengeance on her mind, and two best friends, one the son of the city’s crime kingpin, are caught in the crossfire.Ĭoward, Lawless and The Dead and the Dying are collected together in Criminal: Deluxe Edition vol 1.Lawless – A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both.But in the world Leo lives in, as he may soon learn, those rules may be the only thing keeping him alive. But sometimes the reward is worth the risk, and when a woman from Leo’s past comes to him with a sure-fire score to nab a few million worth of diamonds from Police Evidence, all his rules and cautions go right out the window. Coward – The story of Leo, a man who can plan and execute almost any heist, but only if he can be convinced that the plan is safe enough.On the other side, The Sinners is a sequel to Lawless – the action takes place one year after. The Dead and the Dying and Wrong Time, Wrong Place are kind of prequels in the ’70s. That said, I mostly recommend reading the first two, Coward and Lawless. There’s really a unique feel to that Criminal universe. I personally hope there will be more.Įven if you can take separately each story-arc, the best way to go is to start with the beginning. To this day, there are 7 stories, the last ones were published a few months ago after a four years break. They all live in the same universe though, and some are connected, but the stories work independently from one another. In short, Criminal is kind of a crime anthology. This is for those of you who love crime stories with all the clichés and violence that you can think of, but those are still greats. I’m starting with a modern classic, Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.Īs I said in my first message, even if the main point of this website is to provide the best reading order guide I can produce, I also want to write about some great comics that don’t require a lot of guidance.

Criminal by ed brubaker