Hickmania #9: The Black Monday Murders (W/ Harry Kassen!)

Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking The Black Monday Murders and I’m joined by Harry Kassen! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! In its incredibly inventive 8 issues, The Black Monday Murders is a remarkable (to be completed!) tale of magic, murder, mystery, money and the secret history of wealth!

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Topics today include:

• Is this Hickman’s best comic?
• How do these 8 issues predict House of X and Powers of X?
• Will The Black Monday Murders ever finish? What mysteries are we most excited about if it does?

The Black Monday Murders is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Tomm Coker

Colors: Michael Garland

Letters: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Image

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News/Click Here for Episode

February 2022 – Pax Romana/Click Here for Episode

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates/Click Here for Episode

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars/Click Here for Episode

May 2022 – The Red Wing/Click Here for Episode

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects/Click Here for Episode

July 2022 – Secret/Click Here for Episode

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West/Click Here for Episode

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M