Spook Town is the second script I have from David Thomas, a talented writer from Wales. The first script we worked on together, something of mine, but this one was all his. I still remember reading it for the first time, it just popped. It’s got a great little twist, a subtle thing.
Spook Town is a 1940’s style detective story, set in a rainy and dreary place called Raven’s Black City. Yet there’s one small dark detail to the story: Vampires run the place.
The first issue opens on the eve of the 100th Anniversary of the historic victory over the humans. But the Chief of Police has a problem: Someone has been illegally killing hundreds of humans. Not that any of the vampires really care, they refer to the human enclave in Ravens Black City as Spook Town.
For some reason, the Chief really wants this case solved. So, a veteran detective is assigned to Spook Town; and he has orders to stop these killings…whatever the cost.