It Rhymes with Lust #[nn]
"It Rhymes with Lust" kicks off with Hal Weber, a former investigative journalist, returning to Copper City at the behest of Rust, his old flame and widow of the late mining tycoon Arthur "Buck" Masson. As editor of the anti-Masson paper The Express—secretly funded by Rust—Hal finds himself caught between his lingering feelings for her and his growing connection to her stepdaughter, Audrey, all while the city's tensions simmer toward something far more dangerous. Written by Drake Waller and illustrated by Matt Baker with inks by Ray Osrin, the issue’s cover by Baker and Osrin captures the simmering heat of a town on the edge.
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Hal Weber, one-time crusading journalist, is summoned to Copper City by his old flame Rust after the death of her husband, mining magnate and political heavyweight Arthur "Buck" Masson. As editor of The Express, a newspaper with an anti-Masson stance secretly owned by Rust, Hal is drawn back to her even as he falls for her stepdaughter Audrey. The situation in Copper City soon literally becomes explosive, with Hal having to choose between Rust and Audrey, the bottle and his conscience, safety and the truth.
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