Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead

In the neon-lit, rain-slicked streets of a future London, the dead don’t stay dead—they linger as electric ghosts, and only a hard-boiled police officer with a special talent can see them. This 2009 series from Radical Comics, co-created by Warren Ellis and Steve Pugh, follows a tough, tattooed detective as she navigates a world where the living and the spectral collide. With Pugh handling both writing and art across its four-issue run, Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead fuses gritty crime noir with supernatural horror, offering a uniquely atmospheric take on urban decay and the secrets that haunt the city. It’s a cult favorite for fans of Ellis’s signature blend of science fiction and noir, anchored by Pugh’s vivid, moody visuals.