Five Points

by Simon Furman, Martin Stiff

NYC, 1960. A ritualistic killer stalks the area of Lower Manhattan formerly known as Five Points, carving a bloody design on its impoverished streets. As crusading NYPD detective Warren Mackie investigates, past and present mesh in a nightmarish game of cat and mouse, the buried legacy of Five Points bubbling to the surface in the form of a nightmarish vortex that threatens to consume everything Mackie holds dear. Crime-noir meets supernatural thriller in this moody and compelling original graphic novel from writer Simon Furman ( Death’s Head ) and artist Martin Stiff ( Tiny Acts of Violence ).

"A killer combination of script and art from Simon Furman and Martin Stiff. Gripping, layered, atmospheric, compelling and compassionate. A graphic novel noir thriller with supernatural overtones that can rub shoulders with the best crime fiction in any medium. More please!" -- Robbie Morrison, author Edge of The Grave (winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2021) and Cast A Cold Eye.

79 pages, Paperback

Published March 7, 2023

About the author

Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro/Tomy's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the Generation 1 minifranchise.

Reviews

[Gary Varga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comic books take on the slums of New York is often to place a sympathetic superhero in them. Not in this tale. No superheroes. No redemption. Not really. And yet a very satisfying read.

The story is great, the dialogue engaging, the characters three dimensional, the art expressive, and the format refreshing. There is enough text to get over the real depth to the piece yet not so much that it stops being a graphic novel.

[Al Capwned · Rating 3 out of 5]

I get the point (no pun intended) about the social commentary part but I think the actual story should have been explored more. It felt kinda rushed.