Publisher Description

The pulpy, noir '50s Los Angeles sleeper hit is finally collected in one volume. Los Angeles. It's 1955. It's dark; it's sexy. It's dangerous. Everyone has an angle. And while infamous gangster Mickey Cohen rots in a prison cell, Los Angeles ignores the blackest parts of the city's heart...where clandestine groups of LAPD detectives moonlight as sanctioned hitmen knows as "Hit Squads." HIT is a dark crime drama filled with murderers, rapists, and drug lords...and the men who will stop at nothing to bring them to justice. Based on true events. Some of the details of this story and certainly the names have been changed.

Author Biography

Bryce Carlson is the Managing Editor at BOOM! Studios, and has written for licensed properties such as Disney Pixar's WALL•E and Cartoon Network's ADVENTURE TIME. His first original comic book series HIT has debuted to much critical acclaim. A Southern California native, Carlson graduated from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and now lives with his wife in Los Angeles. Vanesa Rodriguez Del Rey is a Cuban-American illustrator based out of Louisiana. A graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, Del Rey has worked in both the fine arts and animation industries. HIT is her first published comic book series, and has quickly taken the industry by storm.

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