The Black Hood 2: The Lonely Crusade

After the soul-crushing events of BULLET'S KISS, disfigured cop Greg Hettinger leaves Philly and checks into a Southern California rehab clinic. But a plane ride can't separate Greg from his troubles. A fellow patient believes her former drug dealer (and lover) has sent someone to kill her, and it's up to Greg to figure out which member of their circle is preparing to pull the trigger...

A modern crime noir tale featuring the return of the popular Dark Circle antihero, THE BLACK HOOD, VOL. 2 collects THE BLACK HOOD ongoing series issues #6-10.

DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the author of several crime thrillers, including the Shamus Award-winning FUN AND GAMES, the first in the Charlie Hardie series published by Mulholland Books, as well as the Edgar-nominated and Anthony Award-winning EXPIRATION DATE. Many of these books are currently in development for film and TV. He currently writes the IDW series JUDGE DREDD, the Valiant Comics series BLOODSHOT, the forthcoming Dark Horse series X, and has written characters including the Punisher, Godzilla, Cable, Black Widow and Deadpool. Duane has also collaborated with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on a series of bestselling ＂digi-novels＂ which include LEVEL 26: DARK ORIGINS, DARK PROPHECY and DARK REVELATIONS.

MICHAEL GAYDOS is an American comics artist. At Marvel he has worked with Brian Michael Bendis on ALIAS and the last storyline of its follow up, THE PULSE. He has also illustrated the mini-series POWERLESS and DAREDEVEL REDEMPTION. Gaydos’ DC Comics work includes the series MANHUNTER.