Lurkers [Paperback]

Steve Niles (Author), Hector Casanova (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 12, 2005

Steve Niles presents a tale from his Meeednight Pulps line of comics, offering a renaissance of horror pulp fiction for a modern age. Los Angeles detective Jack Dietz is having one of the worst days of his life. One body is bad enough, but when another turns up with human bite marks, he knows his world has just turned inside out...

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (July 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932382801
• ISBN-13: 978-1932382808
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,705,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society and Batman: Gotham County Line.

He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence, authoring such works as 30 Days of Night, its sequel, Dark Days (IDW Publishing), and Criminal Macabre (Dark Horse Comics) with frequent artist collaborator Ben Templesmith.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the ghoulish fun one would hope for, July 4, 2005

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This review is from: Lurkers (Paperback)

It seems that since Steve Niles' 30 Days of Night became such a smash hit, his name can be seen on almost any horror comic under the sun. The Lurkers, from IDW and Niles' own Meeednight Pulp line, focuses around Detective Jack Dietz who stumbles upon what seems to be a bizarre grave robbery. Turns out that this is no ordinary grave robbery, and after a young child is murdered and apparently feasted upon, Dietz realizes that he is dealing with an otherworldly force, and that his own family might be in danger as well. The storyline and dialogue aren't bad one bit, but the teaming up of Dietz and a pack of ghouls/zombies against one renegade flesh eater comes out of nowhere and comes off as cheap. Not to mention that this TPB (collecting the four issue mini-series) is quite short (and this TPB is a bit overpriced as well, but IDW is famous for that), with no development involving Dietz or anyone he associates with. Hector Cassanova's art however is the Lurkers' saving grace, providing solid paints and plenty of blood and gore to add to the atmosphere. It could have been a lot worse, but for what it is, the Lurkers is a solid horror yarn as long as you don't expect much from it.