Criminal #1
"Coward" kicks off Criminal #1 with a tense, grounded story of loyalty and risk, centered on Leo—a meticulous planner whose greatest challenge isn’t the heist, but the people he’s forced to trust. Written by Ed Brubaker and drawn with sharp precision by Sean Phillips, the issue unfolds in a world where the line between ally and betrayer is razor-thin, and every decision carries weight. The cover by Sean Phillips captures the mood perfectly: a quiet moment of unease, just before everything goes wrong.
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Meet Leo, who can plan the perfect heist... but only if he can be convinced the job is safe enough. Leo is not a shoot-first think-later guy; Leo is a professional. But to some criminals, even professionals, the right payout is worth almost any risk. So when an old friend and a crooked cop approach with a plan to seize millions of dollars in contraband from an evidence transport van, Leo must make tough choices, knowing there's nothing you can trust less in this world than a cop on the take.
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