Just a quick reminder before the review, you still have until 11:59 CST today, to win an advance copy of this book here.

Now on  to the review:

Written by Steve Niles, Art by Bernie Wrightson

A quick synopsis of the book before breaking it down:

When Los Angeles Detective Lieutenant Lloyd Klimpt finds himself in the middle of a Hollywood mystery that falls way outside the norm, he knows he’s going to need a different kind of help than he’s used to. He finds it in the bizarre form of The Ghoul, a monstrous investigator with a reputation for solving the world’s weirdest crimes.

This is the original solicit and based on this the story seemed  like it would be mildly interesting. This solicit did not do the book justice. This book creates a new sub-genre of Horror-Noir and does it with such style and grace that there are bound to be several dozen imitators of this style shortly. The Ghoul himself as a creature has limitless potential for stories and this could easily evolve into a franchise. The story is mostly set up for the first issue, but we do get to the heart of the mystery in that Klimpt is pretty sure that a Hollywood family has a dark secret of a paranormal nature. The Ghoul is an interesting amalgamation, he seems to be part Hulk, part Mr. Hyde and part Frankenstein’s monster. By the end of the issue The Ghoul agrees to help Klimpt, but first they have a little matter that he needs to take care of involving The Devil and a couple hundred demons. The artwork by Bernie Wrightson is fantastic, he captures the various eras in the story perfectly. Overall this book gets 4 out of 5 stars and you should definitely

Put It On The Stack.