Cops and robbers. Good guys and bad guys. Honest and dishonest. Black and white. That's what police detective Oscar Levitz used to think the law was all about. As he closes in on the trail of The Retaliator, he begins to have his doubts. Meanwhile, newspaper reporter Jerry Schiller is hot on another trail leading to The Retaliator. He's been dogging the streets for weeks now, and at long last when he least expects it, in an abandoned warehouse, they meet face to face. The Retaliator turns out not to be the comic book punisher Jerry was expecting, but something far more complex. Before he can investigate further, Oscar arrives with the cavalry and the warehouse turns into a shooting gallery. When the smoke clears, Oscar is down with a sucking chest would. The Retaliator's desperate leap off the rooftop may have resulted in his demise, rather than his escape. And Jerry Schiller is torn between his best friend and the tortured Johnny, between the written law and the unspoken law of the street. Written by Valarie Jones. Art by Tom Simonton and Jim Brozman. Cover by Tim Bradstreet. B&W, 32 pg.
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