Our first issue is even told from the POV of a private eye, who might actually be a good guy, which is a first.”Įven the good guys go bad in a big way in a Brubaker universe, at least that was the case the writer engineered the most notable Marvel Comics character debut in decades. “Every issue in this epic story is told from a different character’s POV, and the reader will really have to do some work to fill in the gaps between their versions of events. “It’s the biggest and most ambitious Criminal story we’ve ever done,” Brubaker said. “Cruel Summer” is the story of the summer of 1988, the final season in the life of Teeg Lawless, but the tale it tells goes beyond his death. It’s just been a ghost haunting the series, as Teeg Lawless has become one of the most popular characters in the comic.”

Before we even met Teeg, we knew that he had died when his son was a teenager, but other than the identity of his killer, we have never told the rest of that story.

“And one of the big events in many of these characters’ pasts, which has been referenced since the very first Criminal story, was the death of Teeg Lawless. “ Criminal tells the interweaving saga of several generations of families tied together by the crimes and murders of the past,” Brubaker explained. The result: Criminal stories inform each other in sneaky ways, the same way its characters inform on each other. The stand-alone story arcs about the underworld link together like the suspect photos tacked on an FBI evidence board. Instead of chronicling a central, linear story, Criminal has more of a mosaic approach. 'Criminal' Series Based On Ed Brubaker's Comic Books In Works At Amazon Studios

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