{"product_id":"9780486807270","title":"A Killing in Comics","description":"In Manhattan of 1948, a famous former striptease artist named Maggie Starr runs her late husband's newspaper syndicate, distributing the superhero comic \u003ci\u003eWonder Guy.\u003c\/i\u003e But when the cartoon's publisher winds up dead, Maggie hunts for the killer among a cast of cartoonists, wives and mistresses, and minions of a different sort of syndicate — a crew of suspects with motives that are far from super-heroic.\u003cbr\u003eHailed by Mickey Spillane as \"a terrific writer,\" and by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the master of true-crime fiction,\" author Max Allan Collins is the creator of the bestselling graphic novel \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition. \u003c\/i\u003eArtist Terry Beatty is the co-creator with Max Allan Collins of the long-running private-eye series, \u003ci\u003eMs. Tree. \u003c\/i\u003eTheir other collaborations include\u003ci\u003e Mike Mist, Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohnny Dynamite.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126478160112,"sku":"9780486807270","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486807270_p0.jpg?v=1763708938","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486807270","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}