Pistolwhip

The neo-noir crime series Pistolwhip launched in 2001 from Top Shelf and Knockabout Comics, a single-issue burst of hardboiled pulp from the early days of the modern indie-comics boom. While it only ran for one issue, the series is associated with the raw, expressive storytelling that defined the publisher's reputation for boundary-pushing alternative comics. Its tight, atmospheric crime tale stands as a concise artifact of its era, capturing the genre's grit in a compact package.