Dock Walloper (2007) comic books 1970 or later
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Issue #1
Published Nov 2007 by Virgin Comics.$2.50
$2.50
by Burns, Palmiotti & Thomas New York City: It's the roaring 20s and America's great metropolis has become the nexus of high society culture, cutting edge industry and perhaps the most shocking crime wave in our country's history. Known for its sinister and treacherous underworld, there's a new power waking up the city that never sleeps. Its name... John 'The Hand' Smith. The Nickname is a given. An outcast and an orphan, Smith's massive right hand is nearly twice as large as his left, and when push comes to shove, you'd pity anyone that's gets in his way. Smith's only friends in the world are a fellow orphan and low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy, and a Asian femme fatale known as Ring-a-Ling. In a world of crime, passion, and a touch of the fantastic, they will attempt to change organized crime... or die trying. From two of New York's favorite sons, independent director Edward Burns (Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan) and comics' legend Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Monolith). Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #2
Published Dec 2007 by Virgin Comics.$2.50
$2.50
by Jimmy Palmiotti & Siju Thomas New York City becomes a blood-drenched battleground as each player forcibly takes what they think is theirs. As John 'The Hand' Smith and Bootsy move up in the crime-world, having earned the favor of Irish mob boss Mad-Dog Madden, there are still threats that loom among rival mob organizations... and within Madden's own. Gentleman Jim's openly racist disfavor of Bootsy is causing strife among Madden's people, but the real peril comes from Diamond Jack-the gangster with the diamond-studded teeth-who seems to have an unquenchable taste for Smith's blood. They don't call this the roaring 20's for nothing! Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #3
Published Apr 2008 by Virgin Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Created by: Ed Burns Written by: Ed Burns & Jimmy Palmiotti Art & Cover by: Siju Thomas John 'The Hand' Smith may have escaped the jeweled jaws of Diamond Jack, but his troubles only seem to multiply. Someone is hell bent on seeing Smith and his oversized northpaw dispatched to their maker. But what doesn't kill him only seems to make him stronger, and Smith convinces Boss Madden to undertake a dangerous plan to rob the Chinese gangs of their opium, only to sell it back at an enormous profit. But double-crossings and Tommy guns wreak havoc on the Madden Crime Organization and just as things go from bad to worse, Madden's girl, Cora, starts to wonder if what they say about men with big hands is really true. Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #4
Published May 2008 by Virgin Comics.$2.50
$2.50
by Ed Burns & Jimmy Palmiotti, & Siju Thomas In spite of the several public attempts on his life, Smith charges ahead with his plan to steal an opium shipment to the Chinese and then sell it back to them for a song. But when Smith, Bootsy and Ring-a-Ling are surprised by the Italians on the roofs of Chinatown, the only way out is through a wall of Chinese gangsters, who don't need guns to do serious damage. Neither does Cora, boss Madden's moll, who's got Smith all hot under the collar. But are her advances simply those of a flirtatious flapper, or is there something else going on behind the heart-stopping allure of the boss' girl? Cover price $2.99.
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Issue #5
Published Jun 2008 by Virgin Comics.$2.50
$2.50
The entire New York City underworld has gone topsy-turvy. Mob boss Mad Dog Madden is in hiding now that his original made-man, Gentleman Jim, is in the dog house. But when the Irish Mobster posts a reward for anyone that can bring him the right hand of the Dock Walloper, the war that's been brewing in the great melting pot is about to boil over! Cover price $2.99.
