The Black Monday Murders is a monthly comic book series published by Image Comics which debuted in August 2016.
Cover of The Black Monday Murders #1. Art by Tomm Coker. All Image Comics characters are trademarks of and copyright 2016 Image Comics or their respective owners.
Created by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Tomm Coker, the book combines elements of:
- noir fiction
- horror
- mystery
The Black Monday Murders | Image Comics
Plot
The series takes place in the aftermath of Black Monday, the stock market crash of 1987.
Jonathan Hickman Uncovers The Black Monday Murders with Artist Tomm Coker – IGN
The story concerns a group of elite financiers who have made a blood pact with a god, in exchange for power and wealth.
A second narrative strand follows NYPD detective Theodore Dumas, as he unravels the secrets of magic at the heart of the global financial market.
Money and Magic: Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hill talk THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS (comicsbeat.com)
According to Hickman:
“This is a book about schools of magic.
The only difference being that instead of schools of magic, it’s financial institutions.
Power is accumulated through wealth.
It’s about a bunch of guys, a bunch of schools, that gathered together and generated a financial collapse in order to attain power”.
Magic Is Money In Hickman And Coker’s ‘The Black Monday Murders’ (comicsalliance.com)
Reception
Reviewing the first issue, IGN‘s Jesse Schedeen called it “another worthwhile addition to the Jonathan Hickman canon”, praising its denseness and tone, while also mentioning that these elements might also make it somewhat unapproachable for first time readers of Hickman’s work.
The Black Monday Murders #1 Review – IGN
SAUCE:
The Black Monday Murders – Wikipedia
The Black Monday Murders # 1 – 8
Publisher | Image Comics
Schedule | On Hiatus
Format | Ongoing series
Publication date | August 2016
No. of issues | 8
Creative team
Created by | Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker
Written by | Jonathan Hickman
Artist(s) | Tomm Coker
Books: The Black Monday Murders (2016-) (basecamp.com)