Sam Hill

by Tom DeFalco, Greg Scott (Illustrations)

Sam Hill, hard-boiled private investigator, encounters thieves, thugs, con men and femme fatales in a quest to discover the truth behind the death of a wealthy client's husband with connections to the dark underworld of crime. Sam Hill has a witty comeback for every situation he encounters--and he's guaranteed to get to the bottom of evey crime! Includes the all-new Sam Hill story by Tom DeFalco and Greg Scott, plus a bonus story featuring the first ever appearance of Sam Hill with art by comics legend Harry Lucey!

Genres: Comics

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 2014

About the author

Tom DeFalco is an American comics writer and editor, well-known for his association with Marvel Comics and Spider-Man.

Reviews

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This appears to be an underrated gem, at least in my opinion. If you're a fan of hardboiled detective fiction or noir, this is the book for you. It's very much in the tradition of Phillip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer, etc. It's set in modern times but the stories could easily be dropped back into the 1930s and they still would have worked.

There's nothing incredibly new here as it's the same private investigator fiction we've seen before, but that doesn't mean it's predictable either. The art is great and perfect for this type of story. This is from Archie's Dark Circle line and is aimed at mature readers rather than the all ages material of Archie's regular line. (Although even that line has matured in new millennium.

Overall one of the best crime comics I've read in the hardboiled vein. It's familiar, but still very good.