Here is the first ever popular collection of crime comics _ the 25 best graphic short stories in the crime genre,spanning all the colours of noir, from classic American newspaper strip serials and notorious uncensored comic books to today_s global graphic novel masterpieces.This must-have collection is fully loaded with some of the greatest writers and artists in comics publishing, including Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Max Allan Collins, Johnny Craig, Alex Toth, Joe Kubert, Bernie Krigstein _ plus adaptations of/collaborations by famous crime writers, such as Dashiel Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Lesley Charteris and Raymond Chandler.Meet a gallery of hard-boiled, iconic heroes and killers inside including:Dashiell Hammett_s smooth operator Secret Agent X-9, Will Eisner_s masked mystery man The Spirit, Mickey Spillane_s heavyweight tough-guy Mike Hammer, Frank Miller_s scarred and brutal Marvin from Sin City, Mu_oz and Sampayo_s brooding ex-cop Alack Sinner, Abuli and Bernet_s venal hitman-for-hire Torpedo 1936, Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty_s femme fatale investigator Ms. Tree, and Charles Burns_ Mexican wrestler and defective detective El Borbah.