Untouchables

Joe Pruett

Summary

An alternative world where prohibition never ended and in fact expanded to include firearms and tobacco.  Twenty years after the fall of Capone and the rise to fame of Eliot Ness comes a new group of Treasury agents named the "Untouchables".  Here, the rag-time bunch of misfits and sharpshooters are out to take their city back.  In this new puritan era, gambling seems to be the only vice allowed by law, so casinos have sprouted up, rivaling the neon-glory days of Las Vegas.  Gun fights, car chases, informants, gangsters, cops, nightclubs and sexy dames galore can be found in this hard-boiled alternative take on the days of the Mob. Collects issues 1-5. From Joe Pruett (X-Men Unlimited), John Kissee (MAD Magazine, Raven Chronicles), Chris Dreier (Angel, Crossed)

Available since: 07/13/2016.

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