Written by Dan Abnett
Art by David Millgate, Anthony Williams, Charlie Gillespie, Simon Davis & Henry Flint
Cover by Simon Davis
DC Solicitation: Welcome to Downlode, future European megalopolis and home to the two best gunsharks (hit men) money can hire: motor-mouth Finnegan Sinister (weapon of choice: minigun) and laconic, ice-cool Ramone Dexter (twin Ruger 9mms).
This new trade paperback - collecting material originally serialized in 2000 A.D. and Judge Dredd Megazine - is written by Dan Abnett (LEGION) and features art by SINISTER DEXTER co-creator David Millgate, Anthony Williams, Charles Gillespie, Simon Davis (JLA: RIDDLE OF THE BEAST) and Henry Flint (Judge Dredd/Aliens). Downlode's a city of colorful personalities on both sides of the law: grotesque, obese gangster "Holy" Moses Tannenbaum; sultry nightclub singer Demi Octavo; "Nervous" Rex Monday, the hypochondriac snitch; and more. Revenge, assassination, betrayal - it's all in a day's work for these gun-lovin' criminals!
On sale Sept 15 [2004] o FC, 128 pg, 7.375" x 10.187", $14.95 US
This volume reprints:
Sinister Dexter, Winter Special 7 (Nov. 1995). Story by Dan Abnett, art by David Millgate & Junior Tomlin.
Nervous Rex, prog 981 (Mar. 1996). Story by Dan Abnett, art by David Millgate.
Max Vactor. prog 984 (Mar. 1996). Story by Abnett, art by Anthony Williams & Junior Tomlin.
Death and Taxis, prog 985 (Mar. 1996). Story by Abnett, art by Charles Gillespie.
The Eleventh Commandment, 2 episodes, progs 988-989 (Apr. 1996). Story by Abnett, art by Gillespie.
Alibi of Broadway, 2 episodes, progs 990-991 (May 1996). Story by Abnett, art by Gillespie.
Wish Upon a Czar, 2 episodes, progs 992-993 (May 1996). Story by Abnett, art by S.B. Davis.
Family Man, prog 994 (May 1996). Story by Abnett, art by Henry Flint.
Learning Kurv, prog 1023 (Dec. 1996). Story by Abnett, art by Millgate.
Gunshark Vacation, 8 episodes, progs 1024-1031 (Jan. to Feb. 1997). Story by Abnett, art by Davis.
Commentary: The first set of Sinister Dexter episodes shows writer Dan Abnett hitting the ground running with a small cast of perfectly-defined, amoral bastards and knowing exactly what he wants to do with them. With puns, winking pop culture references and ultraviolence, Abnett lets the audience know that he's studied not just Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (the obvious inspiration), but many of the films which inspired Tarantino, along with such comics as Frank Miller's Sin City. The result is an incredibly knowing, very cool strip which knows exactly which buttons to push to thrill and amuse its readers.
The first of several planned SinDex collections from this new venture is not a definitive edition, skipping three of the first 24 episodes (all with art by Tom Carney) and, bafflingly, Anthony Williams' "Curl Up and Die," which introduced the character of Demi Octavo.