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Noir Graphic Novels

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  • Paris, 1950s. In this graphic novel adaptation, Nestor Burma's past comes knocking when Bélita, a young woman, leads him to the Salpetriere hospital, where he discovers the recently deceased Abel Benoît, an old buddy from his anarchist days.
    Graphic Novel, 2017Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, 2017. — GN TARDI 2017
  • Features a mysterious agent named Graves who approaches ordinary citizens to give them an opportunity to exact revenge on a person who has wronged them and guarantees his "clients" full immunity for all of their actions, including murder.
    Graphic Novel, 2012New York : DC Comics, ©2012. — GN AZZARELLO 2012
  • Dark and twisted, funny and heartbreaking, intimate and epic-SUNSHINE and ROSES tells the story of a boy and a girl, how they fell in love and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld.
    Downloadable Graphic Novel, 2018[United States] : Image Comics, 2018. — Digital Comic
  • Meet Ethan Reckless: Your trouble is his business, for the right price.
    Graphic Novel, 2020Portland, OR : Image Comics, Inc., [2020] — GN BRUBAKER 2020
  • Noir

    a Collection of Crime Comics

    Murder, passion, and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics!
    Downloadable Graphic Novel, 2020[United States] : Dark Horse Comics, 2020. — Digital Comic
  • A brilliant graphic adaptation of the classic Raymond Chandler novella featuring detective Philip Marlowe.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Pantheon Books, [2025] — GN DAVID 2025
  • She's the best at what she does. She gets her client the weapon they need, where they need it, when you need it. They call her Gun Honey.
    Graphic Novel, 2022London : Titan Comics, a division of Titan Publishing Group, Ltd., 2022. — GN ARDAI 2022
  • Blacksad

    They All Fall Down. Part One

    Díaz Canales, Juan, 1972-
    Feline private eye John Blacksad he goes up against Lewis Solomon, a construction magnate with dreams of power and plans to pave over large swaths of 1950s New York
    Graphic Novel, 2022Milwaukie, Oregon : Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC, 2022. — GN DIAZCANAL 2022