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The Deviant (Single Issues) #5-9
The Deviant Vol. 2
One of the grimmest chapters in Milwaukee’s history repeats itself as Michael Schmitz is arrested for the copycat Deviant Killer slayings. Only his boyfriend, Derek, is convinced of his innocence. And if Derek is right, that means that the killer responsible for the grisly murders is still on the loose…and is very, very unhappy that Derek is getting closer to unraveling the truth. Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, The Nice House on the Lake) and acclaimed artist JOSHUA HIXSON (The Plot) bring their taboo-shattering horror story to its gut-wrenching conclusion. Collects THE DEVIANT #5-9
171 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 4, 2025
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James Tynion IV
1,665 books2,009 followersPrior to his first professional work, Tynion was a student of Scott Snyder's at Sarah Lawrence College. A few years later, he worked as for Vertigo as Fables editor Shelly Bond's intern. In late 2011, with DC deciding to give Batman (written by Snyder) a back up feature, Tynion was brought in by request of Snyder to script the back ups he had plotted. Tynion would later do the same with the Batman Annual #1, which was also co-plotted by Snyder. Beginning in September 2012, with DC's 0 issue month for the New 52, Tynion will be writing Talon, with art by Guillem March. In early 2013 it was announced that he'd take over writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws in April.
Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.
Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.
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July 12, 2025
Decent conclusion.
I think it would have benefited from having an extra volume to flesh out the characters a bit, though. I love Tynion's horror stuff, but it's starting to seem like he might have too many series going at one time. I just read Something is Killing the Children 8 and I thought that one suffered from the same problem.
However, I get that he's hot right now and would want to take advantage of that.
Ok, in the first volume, you have this nerdy comic book writer (The Tynion Guy) who is dealing with some of his old childhood memories of what it was like to be a gay boy hitting puberty. Unfortunately, the only other male he had heard of who liked boys was the recently arrested serial killer. His memories are all tangled up in a big shame sandwich, so he decides to interview the killer and write about it.
Of course, someone starts killing boys again using the same m.o., and all evidence points to our little writer nerd.
IS HE A DEVIANT?!
So, this volume is his adorably loyal boyfriend setting out to prove his innocence. And given Tynion Guy's weird obsession with this serial killer and some oddball behavior, that's no small task.
He finds an ally in the FBI, a man who possibly understands some of the stigma that might lead to a wrongful conviction.
And this is nothing but my personal opinion, and I certainly don't think anyone should not read the book because of it, but bitches gotta bitch.
The cringiest part of the book was the vaping. I mean, I really hated the images of this character vaping. It somehow seemed gross to normalize it because I promise you, it is one of the worst things you can do to your lungs. Seriously. There's no way inhaling electronically heated whothefuckknowswhatchemicals is even remotely safe.
You kids are going to explode your lungs before the cancer and emphysema that got my generation even have time to nail you. And I say this as someone who used vapes to quit smoking cigarettes years and years ago.
There's less story here than I was hoping for, to be honest. Tynion is a talented writer, so you are more invested in the characters than you have any right to be for something that feels...like it should have been more. I don't know if I'm describing that right.
It's a good story, but it seems like he decided to wrap it up too early or something.
Still.
Recommended.
I think it would have benefited from having an extra volume to flesh out the characters a bit, though. I love Tynion's horror stuff, but it's starting to seem like he might have too many series going at one time. I just read Something is Killing the Children 8 and I thought that one suffered from the same problem.
However, I get that he's hot right now and would want to take advantage of that.
Ok, in the first volume, you have this nerdy comic book writer (The Tynion Guy) who is dealing with some of his old childhood memories of what it was like to be a gay boy hitting puberty. Unfortunately, the only other male he had heard of who liked boys was the recently arrested serial killer. His memories are all tangled up in a big shame sandwich, so he decides to interview the killer and write about it.
Of course, someone starts killing boys again using the same m.o., and all evidence points to our little writer nerd.
IS HE A DEVIANT?!
So, this volume is his adorably loyal boyfriend setting out to prove his innocence. And given Tynion Guy's weird obsession with this serial killer and some oddball behavior, that's no small task.
He finds an ally in the FBI, a man who possibly understands some of the stigma that might lead to a wrongful conviction.
And this is nothing but my personal opinion, and I certainly don't think anyone should not read the book because of it, but bitches gotta bitch.
The cringiest part of the book was the vaping. I mean, I really hated the images of this character vaping. It somehow seemed gross to normalize it because I promise you, it is one of the worst things you can do to your lungs. Seriously. There's no way inhaling electronically heated whothefuckknowswhatchemicals is even remotely safe.
You kids are going to explode your lungs before the cancer and emphysema that got my generation even have time to nail you. And I say this as someone who used vapes to quit smoking cigarettes years and years ago.
There's less story here than I was hoping for, to be honest. Tynion is a talented writer, so you are more invested in the characters than you have any right to be for something that feels...like it should have been more. I don't know if I'm describing that right.
It's a good story, but it seems like he decided to wrap it up too early or something.
Still.
Recommended.
April 16, 2025
I ended my review of volume 1 of The Deviant saying I couldn't rate it because I needed to see whether Tynion would stick the landing. Don't get me wrong, Tynion knows how to tell a captivating and thrilling story, but a story like this lives and dies by its ending.
Well. The ending is disappointing, sadly. Finding out who the killer is should've been shocking, pieces falling into place, a kind of "of course it's them!" revelation. But no. The fact it needs quite a lot of explaining by the main characters means it doesn't deliver the punch you'd want.
All in all it's a beautifully told story that can't live up to its ending.
(Thanks to Image Comics for providing me with an ARC through Edelweiss)
Well. The ending is disappointing, sadly. Finding out who the killer is should've been shocking, pieces falling into place, a kind of "of course it's them!" revelation. But no. The fact it needs quite a lot of explaining by the main characters means it doesn't deliver the punch you'd want.
All in all it's a beautifully told story that can't live up to its ending.
(Thanks to Image Comics for providing me with an ARC through Edelweiss)
June 9, 2025
Michael is being framed for murder by a serial killer. His boyfriend, Derek, knows it, and the Deviant Killer copycat is trying to eliminate anyone that would weaken the FBI's case against Michael, including Derek.
The second volume of James Tynion IV's graphic novel series "The Deviant" concludes the gritty serial killer thriller, and, as to be expected from Tynion, it is suspenseful and creepy. While the revelation of the serial killer comes out of nowhere (my only major complaint), the rest of the story is pretty damn good.
Tynion also deftly tackles issues of growing up gay in a homophobic environment. The whole thing feels very heart-felt and personal.
The second volume of James Tynion IV's graphic novel series "The Deviant" concludes the gritty serial killer thriller, and, as to be expected from Tynion, it is suspenseful and creepy. While the revelation of the serial killer comes out of nowhere (my only major complaint), the rest of the story is pretty damn good.
Tynion also deftly tackles issues of growing up gay in a homophobic environment. The whole thing feels very heart-felt and personal.
July 21, 2025
Note to self: never spend Christmas in Milwaukee.
December 15, 2025
one of the best graphic novel series I've read in a long time!
October 15, 2025
Since I never believed in the cliffhanger at the end of the first volume, Tynion's attempt to reinforce this hypothesis at the beginning of this one fell flat—even though I admit it is well done.
Despite this slight misstep, I readily admit that I loved this second instalment. The characters gain even more depth, the dialogue is very realistic and fluid, and the tension is excellent. But where I applaud Tynion even more is for his ability to so skilfully interweave the horror thriller with the characters' perception of themselves as queer, their anxieties and their loneliness, with palpable and deeply moving emotion. It’s part of the story and not shoehorned and few can be so subtle.
Hixson owed me a bit on this volume. It's decent but largely saved by the very good colouring. The penciling and pseudo-inking are sloppy, which frustrates me because I'm convinced he can do better.
Despite this slight misstep, I readily admit that I loved this second instalment. The characters gain even more depth, the dialogue is very realistic and fluid, and the tension is excellent. But where I applaud Tynion even more is for his ability to so skilfully interweave the horror thriller with the characters' perception of themselves as queer, their anxieties and their loneliness, with palpable and deeply moving emotion. It’s part of the story and not shoehorned and few can be so subtle.
Hixson owed me a bit on this volume. It's decent but largely saved by the very good colouring. The penciling and pseudo-inking are sloppy, which frustrates me because I'm convinced he can do better.
December 16, 2025
hitting the vape as you go in gun-first to confront the killer is crazy
June 10, 2025
”Everyone fixates on the pictures in the showers.
That’s all there is to fixate on.”
The Deviant Copycat killer is back for the final conclusion and I must say that it was a tad bit disappointing. You can easily figure this gruesome tale out and that really takes away from the story. The rest of the story was great and oh so gory.
That’s all there is to fixate on.”
The Deviant Copycat killer is back for the final conclusion and I must say that it was a tad bit disappointing. You can easily figure this gruesome tale out and that really takes away from the story. The rest of the story was great and oh so gory.
August 4, 2025
I really enjoyed the conclusion to this creepy graphic novel (at least I think it’s the conclusion). I kind of wish I read this one during Christmas like I did the first. Oh well.
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March 27, 2025I'm a big fan of the monthly comic (as also of the old weekly drop for TV shows, and thank heavens that's mostly coming back, even if Andor has gone halfway over to the Dark Side), but one thing it really doesn't suit is a Christmas story, especially if it then falls off even that schedule, such that I started reading this in December 2023 and got to its snowy climax (fnarr fnarr) with daffodils outside the window and Easter '25 just around the corner. Plus, I assumed it would all be in one collection, given it's a single nine-issue story with no obvious break point and that would make for a perfectly cromulent trade – but no, they're splitting it in two! Well, fuck that, I've been piecing together a review for a presumed omnibus and I'm not unpicking it now.
Publishing moans aside, what about the actual contents? Ah, well there we're on happier territory, for a dark and gruesome value if the word. I know stories prodding at the current true crime obsession are now nearly as ubiquitous as the thing itself, but I still find the cultural fascination much more interesting than the grubby little men, and Tynion has knotted that up with some other itches in the zeitgeist, which bounce off each other in interesting ways. The link between queerness and serial killers in the public consciousness, for instance – even as regards killers who actually aren't. And a strand that reminded me of All Of Us Strangers, nostalgia for Christmas as it was bumping up against an awareness of how much life has improved for gay men in that time, which itself shades into a worry as to whether that's just being lulled into a false sense of security – something the series' delayed release has only rendered more painfully relevant; as the issues started hitting in our inglorious new era, I did start worrying what would become of the gay black Fed with the painted nails, even assuming the copycat killer didn't get him. And there's an autobiographical element here beyond the broader Whither The Gays? question, with the lead, like Tynion, a comics writer who's moved on from superheroes to darker, more personal stuff, but then finds himself getting caught up in it, even while he's reminded that there are people to whom those distinctions are meaningless and who consider his job, just like his orientation, as a bit of an embarrassment. Meanwhile, his boyfriend is thinking about how gay guys of a certain age have something a bit sad and lonely about them, but wondering if maybe that isn't just a guy thing and the straights married with kids simply have more camouflage. There's a lot going on, is what I'm saying, even before bodies start turning up, arranged in the same queasily festive ways as they were decades ago by a killer who's now supposedly safely behind bars and being interviewed for the writer's new project...
Publishing moans aside, what about the actual contents? Ah, well there we're on happier territory, for a dark and gruesome value if the word. I know stories prodding at the current true crime obsession are now nearly as ubiquitous as the thing itself, but I still find the cultural fascination much more interesting than the grubby little men, and Tynion has knotted that up with some other itches in the zeitgeist, which bounce off each other in interesting ways. The link between queerness and serial killers in the public consciousness, for instance – even as regards killers who actually aren't. And a strand that reminded me of All Of Us Strangers, nostalgia for Christmas as it was bumping up against an awareness of how much life has improved for gay men in that time, which itself shades into a worry as to whether that's just being lulled into a false sense of security – something the series' delayed release has only rendered more painfully relevant; as the issues started hitting in our inglorious new era, I did start worrying what would become of the gay black Fed with the painted nails, even assuming the copycat killer didn't get him. And there's an autobiographical element here beyond the broader Whither The Gays? question, with the lead, like Tynion, a comics writer who's moved on from superheroes to darker, more personal stuff, but then finds himself getting caught up in it, even while he's reminded that there are people to whom those distinctions are meaningless and who consider his job, just like his orientation, as a bit of an embarrassment. Meanwhile, his boyfriend is thinking about how gay guys of a certain age have something a bit sad and lonely about them, but wondering if maybe that isn't just a guy thing and the straights married with kids simply have more camouflage. There's a lot going on, is what I'm saying, even before bodies start turning up, arranged in the same queasily festive ways as they were decades ago by a killer who's now supposedly safely behind bars and being interviewed for the writer's new project...
October 17, 2025
Pardon ce sera long. D’abord, j’ai adoré cette série.
Mais je dois le dire : le reveal du serial killer est décevant.
Quand on découvre son visage et qu’un des personnages a besoin d’expliquer au lecteur qui est le gars (et qu’on se dit pas immédiatement « oh mais WTF bien sûr c’est lui tout s’explique » ou « mais NAN c’est impossible !! ») c’est généralement pas bon signe.
Là je me suis même demandé qui c’était avant d’avoir une vague impression de l’avoir aperçu une fois quelque part dans un des deux tomes.
Je trouve qu’on comprend peu ses intentions et qu’on s’en fout un peu même : il voulait juste « faire comme son idole » au fond et je trouve ça un peu plat de la part de James Tynion IV.
Ah et justement,
ON NE SAURA PAS QUI EST LE PREMIER TUEUR ???
Dans un sens je peux comprendre ce choix mais c’est si frustrant. C’est sûrement pour nous dire « peu importe qui c’était » et démontrer que la justice se contentera d’incriminer le premier suspect à la marge qu’elle trouvera, sans aller plus loin. Donc là le petit pd aux photos bizarres (attention je cautionne pas les photos bizarres), seul et sans défense, c’était la cible parfaite pour la police des années 70 ouvertement homophobe.
Bon maintenant j’arrête de râler :
Mis à part ce reveal pas zinzin, tout le reste de la série est un énorme BANGER.
Le scénariste parvient à nous captiver dès les premières pages et nous garde en haleine tout du long. De la même façon que dans la série des « The Nice House », il confirme son statut de maître du suspense et des rebondissements (d’où ma déception de la FIN quoi !!) et comme chaque chapitre a son cliffhanger final, ça rend la lecture très fluide et addictive.
Je me suis quand même attaché aux personnages (Derek épouse-moi) même si je pense qu’un tome supplémentaire ne leur aurait pas fait de mal et aurait permis d’étoffer le caractère de chacun, leurs vécus, leurs relations. Par exemple, j’ai adoré les sauts dans le passé parce qu’ils leur apportait de la profondeur et de la nuance !
En conclusion, cette série n’en reste pas moins remarquable. Elle aborde des questions et des thématiques qui me sont chères et que je trouverais toujours pertinentes avec le genre de l’horreur : comment est-ce qu’on se construit quand on est un enfant queer, dans une société homophobe, sans aucun modèles ? Vers qui on se tourne ? Et qu’est ce qui nous rassemble et nous est commun aux véritables monstres ?
La société évolue peut-être (debatable) mais qui est-ce qu’on accusera en premier, qui est-ce qu’on incriminera avec le moins de preuve ?
Le véritable tour de force de cette histoire c’est qu’on peut s’y projeter, elle est là l’horreur, elle vient directement puiser dans une peur commune : celle qu’il reste quelque part, dans un vague imaginaire collectif, cette idée de monstre, de perversité, de déviance lié à nos identités queers qui nous rend plus vulnérables aux violences.
Je garde quand même un super souvenir de ce diptyque et j’en ai adoré l’ambiance et le concept (tueur en série, enquête, suspicion d’un copycat, milieu gay, etc) ! C’est justement parce que son potentiel était énorme que je suis déçu qu’il n’ait pas été entièrement exploité.
Apres tout, un peu (beaucoup) d’horreur graphique et psychologique pendant Halloween…que demande le peuple ?
Mais je dois le dire : le reveal du serial killer est décevant.
Quand on découvre son visage et qu’un des personnages a besoin d’expliquer au lecteur qui est le gars (et qu’on se dit pas immédiatement « oh mais WTF bien sûr c’est lui tout s’explique » ou « mais NAN c’est impossible !! ») c’est généralement pas bon signe.
Là je me suis même demandé qui c’était avant d’avoir une vague impression de l’avoir aperçu une fois quelque part dans un des deux tomes.
Je trouve qu’on comprend peu ses intentions et qu’on s’en fout un peu même : il voulait juste « faire comme son idole » au fond et je trouve ça un peu plat de la part de James Tynion IV.
Ah et justement,
ON NE SAURA PAS QUI EST LE PREMIER TUEUR ???
Dans un sens je peux comprendre ce choix mais c’est si frustrant. C’est sûrement pour nous dire « peu importe qui c’était » et démontrer que la justice se contentera d’incriminer le premier suspect à la marge qu’elle trouvera, sans aller plus loin. Donc là le petit pd aux photos bizarres (attention je cautionne pas les photos bizarres), seul et sans défense, c’était la cible parfaite pour la police des années 70 ouvertement homophobe.
Bon maintenant j’arrête de râler :
Mis à part ce reveal pas zinzin, tout le reste de la série est un énorme BANGER.
Le scénariste parvient à nous captiver dès les premières pages et nous garde en haleine tout du long. De la même façon que dans la série des « The Nice House », il confirme son statut de maître du suspense et des rebondissements (d’où ma déception de la FIN quoi !!) et comme chaque chapitre a son cliffhanger final, ça rend la lecture très fluide et addictive.
Je me suis quand même attaché aux personnages (Derek épouse-moi) même si je pense qu’un tome supplémentaire ne leur aurait pas fait de mal et aurait permis d’étoffer le caractère de chacun, leurs vécus, leurs relations. Par exemple, j’ai adoré les sauts dans le passé parce qu’ils leur apportait de la profondeur et de la nuance !
En conclusion, cette série n’en reste pas moins remarquable. Elle aborde des questions et des thématiques qui me sont chères et que je trouverais toujours pertinentes avec le genre de l’horreur : comment est-ce qu’on se construit quand on est un enfant queer, dans une société homophobe, sans aucun modèles ? Vers qui on se tourne ? Et qu’est ce qui nous rassemble et nous est commun aux véritables monstres ?
La société évolue peut-être (debatable) mais qui est-ce qu’on accusera en premier, qui est-ce qu’on incriminera avec le moins de preuve ?
Le véritable tour de force de cette histoire c’est qu’on peut s’y projeter, elle est là l’horreur, elle vient directement puiser dans une peur commune : celle qu’il reste quelque part, dans un vague imaginaire collectif, cette idée de monstre, de perversité, de déviance lié à nos identités queers qui nous rend plus vulnérables aux violences.
Je garde quand même un super souvenir de ce diptyque et j’en ai adoré l’ambiance et le concept (tueur en série, enquête, suspicion d’un copycat, milieu gay, etc) ! C’est justement parce que son potentiel était énorme que je suis déçu qu’il n’ait pas été entièrement exploité.
Apres tout, un peu (beaucoup) d’horreur graphique et psychologique pendant Halloween…que demande le peuple ?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2025
3.8 ⭐️ MLM crime/horror series with the freakiest damn Santa known to man.
I read both volumes in one sitting and was gripped the whole time. I did feel like the second volume felt far more predictable, and as such marked it down a tad.
I liked seeing more of Derick as he’s quite an intriguing character who’s been more in the dark in vol 1.
The art was perfect for this series, and truly fit the haunting Christmas atmosphere. The style is incredibly eerie and makes the story all the more creepy. A lot of the panels are dark with low contrast however, which can make seeing some of what they’re depicting a bit tough.
Rep// MLM MCs, MLM SCs.
TWs listed below, please skip if you don’t want vague spoilers.
TW// serial killing, extreme gore, murder, themes of child abuse & abusers (an adult character takes photographs of minors without their knowledge), blood, police scenes, guns, knives, homophobia, homophobic slurs, bodies, murder/harm of children and adults.
I read both volumes in one sitting and was gripped the whole time. I did feel like the second volume felt far more predictable, and as such marked it down a tad.
I liked seeing more of Derick as he’s quite an intriguing character who’s been more in the dark in vol 1.
The art was perfect for this series, and truly fit the haunting Christmas atmosphere. The style is incredibly eerie and makes the story all the more creepy. A lot of the panels are dark with low contrast however, which can make seeing some of what they’re depicting a bit tough.
Rep// MLM MCs, MLM SCs.
TWs listed below, please skip if you don’t want vague spoilers.
TW// serial killing, extreme gore, murder, themes of child abuse & abusers (an adult character takes photographs of minors without their knowledge), blood, police scenes, guns, knives, homophobia, homophobic slurs, bodies, murder/harm of children and adults.
December 6, 2025
Ça devient intéressant et ça fini plutôt moyennement.
Très plaisant à lire! Recommandé pour les amateurs de BD policière.
Très plaisant à lire! Recommandé pour les amateurs de BD policière.
December 12, 2025
Great ending to this series. I think I liked the first volume a bit more, but this one was still quite good. This whole series was such an interesting marriage of slasher, crime thriller, and queer fiction.
May 18, 2025
A serial killer who dresses like Santa and kills people has emerged in Milwaukee, mirroring the events of another serial killer from the '70s. Imprisoned for being the original serial killer, Randall Olsen is now interviewed by a young comic book artist who plans to make a biographical comic on the infamous "Deviant Killer", so named for Olsen's homosexuality. Borrowing from films like The Silence of the Lambs and Silent Night, Deadly Night, The Deviant sets up a fairly compelling mystery about a copycat killer and the nefarious undertones of a society that may still be a little too bigoted to appreciate non-heteronormative relationships. The first volume ends with Michael being framed as the copycat killer, and this volume picks up with his boyfriend, Derek, trying to clear Michael's name with the help of FBI Agent Hall.
As mystery stories go, the set up is important, but the culmination is equally as important, if not more so. The reveals in this second half of the series unfortunately does not live up to the great set up from earlier, with the answers unfolding with clunky exposition. The answers to who this new copycat killer is don't really fit with the details from earlier, so it comes off as a very left-field type of ending. The themes of changing views on gay relationships between the '70s and the 2020's is still prevalent here, but it does read as a little more divorced from the core mystery than initially conceived. Even the emphasis on Agent Hall's sexuality seems a little too corny, where his only defining characteristics are that he's "too cool and different" from his colleagues because he vapes indoors and flashes his neon green gel nails. The only moments that have true poignancy are the interviews with Randall Olsen, who does embody the crushing loneliness a gay man in the '70s must have experienced.
Joshua Hixson's artwork also impresses here, largely due to the fantastic use of colors. The Christmas setting shines through well, whereby the cold outdoors are contrasted well with the well-lit, warm indoor settings featuring a myriad of Christmas-themed decorations. Though the story falters significantly in the second half, Hixson's artwork is continually great across all nine issues.
As mystery stories go, the set up is important, but the culmination is equally as important, if not more so. The reveals in this second half of the series unfortunately does not live up to the great set up from earlier, with the answers unfolding with clunky exposition. The answers to who this new copycat killer is don't really fit with the details from earlier, so it comes off as a very left-field type of ending. The themes of changing views on gay relationships between the '70s and the 2020's is still prevalent here, but it does read as a little more divorced from the core mystery than initially conceived. Even the emphasis on Agent Hall's sexuality seems a little too corny, where his only defining characteristics are that he's "too cool and different" from his colleagues because he vapes indoors and flashes his neon green gel nails. The only moments that have true poignancy are the interviews with Randall Olsen, who does embody the crushing loneliness a gay man in the '70s must have experienced.
Joshua Hixson's artwork also impresses here, largely due to the fantastic use of colors. The Christmas setting shines through well, whereby the cold outdoors are contrasted well with the well-lit, warm indoor settings featuring a myriad of Christmas-themed decorations. Though the story falters significantly in the second half, Hixson's artwork is continually great across all nine issues.
March 24, 2025
I didn't find the ending super satisfying. I was disappointed that
June 4, 2025
Everything I like about Tynion disappear in that volume and everything I hate about his work went up exponentially. I think he drop the ball with that series and I’m out of it.
December 3, 2025
This is about the characters and what the mystery means to them rather than the mystery itself. A fulfilling 2 volume series.
December 11, 2025
It'd be perfect if there had been more foreshadowing.
December 23, 2025
Nice ending. Well done. There's a good mix of true crime, horror, romance, mystery and Christmas. The story is gritty, but it pairs well with the art. I left satisfied.
December 26, 2025
3.75 stars for this one!
December 28, 2025
3.75 ⭐️ FBI agents can be gay too!
December 29, 2025
We got no real conclusion. A killer that came out of nowhere. And no real answers about the old killings… Very disappointed!
January 9, 2026
great serial killer mystery!
July 18, 2025
The vibes and the art were amazing. The ending didn’t quite stick the landing but I think I’m ok with it still. Overall it was good. I think it would have been better if there was a bit more leaning to who the killer was ahead of time it would have been a bit of a more satisfying ending
December 11, 2025
conclusion un peu décevante si on s’attend à du sensationnel mais en vrai la manière dont la bd explore la psychologie des personnages est trooop intéressante
August 17, 2025
James Tynion IV is at his peak (and I think that will last). But there is another thing that should be celebrated: his body of work is to bring LGBTQ+ storytelling organically to the mainstream.
June 24, 2025
Solid wrap to a very good book - that probably could have been great. This has such a compelling plot that had me hooked and wanting to get to the next issue…but the conclusion fizzled for me. The real killer is a background player, like way in the background. They don’t address at all whatever became of the first killer.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 19, 2025
Not me almost crying over a gay serial killer in prison. 🥲
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