Beware The Creeper

The Creeper is some DC superhero that practically nobody has heard about, and absolutely nobody cares about. But when I saw the art to the cover of this first issue of the 2003 miniseries about the Creeper, I was like, Fuck Yeah, and then some mother slapped me because her five year old son was reading a Spider-man comic next to me in the store. Anyway, this is totally out of continuity, but it reimagines the Creeper as a woman in 1920s Paris who has very close ties to the Surrealists. There's a lot of great mystery about the identity of the Creeper, but she is seemingly avenging some local who are being beaten by this rich asshole. The story is great, written by Jason Hall (who has not done much continuing work, unfortunately), with a lot of unexpected moments and great character work, but what makes this series really shine is the amazing art by Cliff Chiang. Unfortunately, this was never collected in trade paperback, so you'll have to track down the five issues individually, but it's worth it. Also, here's a link to a message thread where Chiang talks about his inspiration for the AMAZING covers to these issues, with some drafts.

RATING: 76%