- Scene of the Crime
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title = Scene of the Crime
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publisher = Vertigo
date = 1999
issues = 4
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writers =Ed Brubaker
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pencillers =Michael Lark
inkers =Sean Phillips
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subcat = Vertigo
sort = Scene of the CrimeScene of the Crime is a four-issue
comic book mini-series published in 1999 byDC Comics written byEd Brubaker pencilled and inked byMichael Lark and also inked bySean Phillips ."Scene of the Crime" follows
private detective Jack Herriman as he is hired to track down a missing person in and aroundSan Francisco . Herriman is in his mid to late twenties and runs his office from the first floor of an art gallery called "Scene of The Crime" which is owned and run by his uncle Knut Herriman. In the story Knut is a famouscrime scene photographer and uses his reputation to aid Jack at several points throughout the story.Plot
Jack Herriman is hired by Alex Jordan and the recommendation of Jack's father's friend Detective Sargent Paul Reynolds
SFPD . Jordan is trying to find her younger sister Maggie who has been missing for nearly a month. Herriman follows Maggie's trail to an open house for a commune called "Lunarhouse". "Lunarhouse" is continuing the ideals of theSummer of Love in modern day San Francisco, Jack confronts the charismatic leader Joseph Lunar about Maggie, Lunar feigns ignorance but directs Jack to the commune secretary. The Secretary informs Jack that Maggie was indeed at the commune for a few weeks but left suddenly with no explanation. Jack then sneaks outside a rifles though the house recycling bin finding a phone message from Maggie and a contact number that leads to a motel up state.Reluctant to stake out the motel himself Jack takes along his uncle Knut. When Maggie finally turns up at her motel room she is drunk and being robbed by the guy she came home with. Herriman tries to fight the man but is taken by surprise and winded, Knut then manages to scare the guy off with his camera flash, they take Maggie inside and dump her in the bathtub.
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