American Century (2001) comic books 2002
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Issue #9
Published Jan 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
Route 66 - Written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman. Art by Warren Pleece. Cover by John Van Fleet. A stand-alone issue and a perfect entry point for new readers! On his way out of Los Angeles, Harry Kraft is an easy rider down the famous two-lane blacktop. But when he makes a pit stop at a roadside cafe, he finds a hot blonde who'll do anything to escape her dead-end marriage to a boorish mechanic. Harry loves her cherry pie, but is it enough to make him commit murder? 32 pages, full color. Mature Readers. "...an escape into a secret, cynical world where morality drains out like blood into a gutter." -Time.com Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #10
Published Feb 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY MARC LAMING AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. Part 1 of the 4-Part "White Lightning." Anti-hero/adventurer Harry Kraft's knee-deep in rednecks, working for the public good in North Carolina ? where the locals like their stock car racing fast and their liquor home-brewed. For more information, see the feature article. MATURE READERS FC, 32 pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #11
Published Mar 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY MARC LAMING AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. Part 2 of the 4-Part "White Lightning." Harry Kraft's getting a dose of Southern comfort from Lorelei, a stock car racer who's burning up the track ? not to mention Harry's bed. A Yankee ATF agent comes to town and Wallace Pitt's plot to control Newton's moonshine trade explodes in violence and vengeance. MATURE READERS FC, 32 pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #12
Published Apr 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY LUKE ROSS AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. Part 3 of the 4-Part "White Lightning," featuring guest-pencils by Luke Ross (X-Man). Harry Kraft rides shotgun with uptight ATF Agent Gilmore after Sheriff Falk is mortally wounded in a gun-blazing car chase with local moonshiners. Harry and Gilmore are dead set on nailing the bad guys, if they don't kill each other first. The Korean War hits home as Wallace Pitt mourns the death of his son, and Lorelei makes a decision that will change her relationship with Harry forever. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #13
Published May 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY MARC LAMING AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. Part 4 of the 4-part "White Lightning." Hell hath no fury like a man betrayed, as Wallace Pitt's moonshine consortium explodes in high octane action and his daughter Lorelei meets a fiery fate on a hairpin turn. Newton, North Carolina - not to mention Harry Kraft - will never be the same. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #14
Published Jun 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY LUKE ROSS AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. A new storyline begins with "An American in Paris," Part 1 of 3. Still stinging from Lorelei's betrayal, Harry Kraft's traded the backwoods of North Carolina for the bistros of Paris. Drinking le wine, reading le book, and cutting le cheese, Harry's in ex-pat heaven until he meets up with an old army buddy named Buddy who needs a favor. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #15
Published Jul 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY LUKE ROSS AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. "An American in Paris," Part 2 of 3. Harry Kraft discovers a warehouse full of stolen paintings, but the Nazi loot is le key to a pompous French art dealer's plan to flood the world with near-perfect frauds. With Henri, the half-baked baker, on his tail, Harry's only hope is the mysterious Angelique. But will this Parisian angel put him on Cloud Nine, or six feet under? MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #16
Published Aug 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY LUKE ROSS AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY GLEN ORBIK. "An American in Paris," Part 3 of 3. The merde hits the fan, as Harry Kraft double-crosses his new friends, and copies of the stolen paintings explode onto the Paris art scene. Buddy has a fall from grace, Mendes gets a pain in the butt, and Angelique shows her true colors. For Harry, things will never be the Seine. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #17
Published Sep 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY MARC LAMING AND DIGITAL CHAMELEON. PAINTED COVER BY JIM SILKE. Part 1 of the 4-part "Coming Home." Harry Kraft's back in Chicago, blowing hot air in the Windy City and hoping life's changed since he left. The jazz clubs are still hopping, the cops are still corrupt, and the camera clubs are still clicking. But when Harry finds out his black sheep brother's no longer among the living, it forces him into a reunion with the one person he wishes was dead. Whatever happens, don't touch the hair. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #18
Published Oct 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY MARC LAMING AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY JIM SILKE. Part 2 of the 5-part "Coming Home." In "Beth Wish," Harry Kraft comes face to face with his spiteful wife, who's making a fortune in mail-order porn. Will Beth turn his life into a living hell, or can Harry get protection from the cops on the take? The Korean War winds down, and it's the joy of sax, as Ethlie meets Artie at the jazz club. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.75.
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Issue #19
Published Nov 2002 by DC/Vertigo.$2.50
$2.50
WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN AND DAVID TISCHMAN. ART BY LUKE ROSS AND JOHN STOKES. PAINTED COVER BY JIM SILKE. Part 3 of the 5-part "Coming Home." Harry Kraft's honeymoon in Chicago is cut short, as he's forced to say "I do" to his wife's proposal. But can he divorce himself from Beth's deadly plan in time to save his own skin? Artie has a heart-to-heart with his parole officer; the crooked cops engage in brutal honesty; and Ethlie falls in love with chicken chow mein. MATURE READERS FC, 32pgs. Cover price $2.75.
