Huge Detective Vol. 1
Author: Adam Rose
Artist: Magenta King
Something HUGE is coming… set in a world where humans and giants live in uneasy peace, two detectives from either side of the divide must work together to solve a bizarre crime!
Perfect for fans of fantasy detective fiction, it’s Chinatown meets Roald Dahl’s The BFG, in an all-new comic from superstar team of writer Adam Rose and artist Magenta King!
Huge Detective #5 (of 5)
(W) Adam Rose (A) Magenta King (CA) Clark Bint
In Shops: Jun 11, 2025
SRP: $3.99
THE FINALL ISSUE OF THE DETECTIVE NOIR OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS! CHINATOWN MEETS THE BFG IN AN ORIGINAL SERIES
WHEN A STRING OF MURDERS AND DISAPPEARANCES SWEEP THE UNITED STATES, A HUMAN AND A GIANT WITH SIZABLE DETECTIVE SKILLS ARE ON THE CASE!
After a race of giants emerged from deep sleep beneath the earth, a bloody conflict ensued in what became known as THE OMEGA EVENT. Eventually, a treaty is resolved and the state of Brobdingnag is created, allowing humans and giants to co-exist harmoniously.
Yet tragedy threatens to shatter the peace, and an unlikely partnership is formed between Detectives Tamaki and GYANT.
As the pair attempt to stop the criminal AT LARGE, they find themselves involved in a mystery BIGGER than either could imagine.
Huge Detective #4 (of 5)
(W) Adam Rose (A) Magenta King (CA) Alex Moore
In Shops: Mar 05, 2025
SRP: $3.99
AN ALL-NEW DETECTIVE NOIR OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS! CHINATOWN MEETS THE BFG IN AN ORIGINAL SERIES
WHEN A STRING OF MURDERS AND DISAPPEARANCES SWEEP THE UNITED STATES, A HUMAN AND A GIANT WITH SIZABLE DETECTIVE SKILLS ARE ON THE CASE!
After a race of giants emerged from deep sleep beneath the earth, a bloody conflict ensued in what became known as THE OMEGA EVENT. Eventually, a treaty is resolved and the state of Brobdingnag is created, allowing humans and giants to co-exist harmoniously.
Yet tragedy threatens to shatter the peace, and an unlikely partnership is formed between Detectives Tamaki and GYANT.
As the pair attempt to stop the criminal AT LARGE, they find themselves involved in a mystery BIGGER than either could imagine.
Huge Detective #3 (of 5)
(W) Adam Rose (A) Magenta King (CA) Bruno Selig
In Shops: Nov 13, 2024
SRP: $3.99
AN ALL-NEW DETECTIVE NOIR OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS! CHINATOWN MEETS THE BFG IN AN ORIGINAL SERIES
Something HUGE is coming!
WHEN A STRING OF MURDERS AND DISAPPEARANCES SWEEP THE UNITED STATES, A HUMAN AND A GIANT WITH SIZABLE DETECTIVE SKILLS ARE ON THE CASE!
After a race of giants emerged from deep sleep beneath the earth, a bloody conflict ensued in what became known as THE OMEGA EVENT. Eventually, a treaty is resolved and the state of Brobdingnag is created, allowing humans and giants to co-exist harmoniously.
Yet tragedy threatens to shatter the peace, and an unlikely partnership is formed between Detectives Tamaki and GYANT.
As the pair attempt to stop the criminal AT LARGE, they find themselves involved in a mystery BIGGER than either could imagine.
Huge Detective #2 (of 5)
(W) Adam Rose (A) Magenta King (CA) Pedro Cobiaco
In Shops: Sep 18, 2024
SRP: $3.99
AN ALL-NEW DETECTIVE NOIR OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS! CHINATOWN MEETS THE BFG IN AN ORIGINAL SERIES
Something HUGE is coming!
WHEN A STRING OF MURDERS AND DISAPPEARANCES SWEEP THE UNITED STATES, A HUMAN AND A GIANT WITH SIZABLE DETECTIVE SKILLS ARE ON THE CASE!
After a race of giants emerged from deep sleep beneath the earth, a bloody conflict ensued in what became known as THE OMEGA EVENT. Eventually, a treaty is resolved and state of Brobdingnag is created, allowing humans and giants to co-exist harmoniously.
Yet tragedy threatens to shatter the peace, and an unlikely partnership is formed between Detectives Tamaki and GYANT.
As the pair attempt to stop the criminal AT LARGE, they find themselves involved in a mystery BIGGER than either could imagine.
Huge Detective #1 (of 5)
(W) Adam Rose (A) Magenta King (CA) Paul Pope
In Shops: Aug 21, 2024
SRP: $3.99
AN ALL-NEW DETECTIVE NOIR OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS! CHINATOWN MEETS THE BFG IN AN ORIGINAL SERIES
Something HUGE is coming!
WHEN A STRING OF MURDERS AND DISAPPEARANCES SWEEP THE UNITED STATES, A HUMAN AND A GIANT WITH SIZABLE DETECTIVE SKILLS ARE ON THE CASE!
After a race of giants emerged from deep sleep beneath the earth, a bloody conflict ensued in what became known as THE OMEGA EVENT. Eventually, a treaty is resolved and state of Brobdingnag is created, allowing humans and giants to co-exist harmoniously.
Yet tragedy threatens to shatter the peace, and an unlikely partnership is formed between Detectives Tamaki and GYANT.
As the pair attempt to stop the criminal AT LARGE, they find themselves involved in a mystery BIGGER than either could imagine.
Huge Detective #1 takes us to a world that feels like one giant mystery. In this world, giants have emerged from a deep slumber beneath the earth. A conflict ensued and eventually a treaty was resolved where the giants took over Australia, now called Brobdingnag. The two societies have come to live side by side though separate in their nations. The giants provide transportation while receiving items the humans have created. Now, a partnership has been formed as a detective is forced to team up with a giant to solve a murder but maybe something much larger.
Written by Adam Rose, Huge Detective #1 is weird, but in a good way. The world is a familiar one but it just has giants as well. But, Rose puts much more thought into it all delivering small quirks about it all that makes the world more lived in. It doesn’t just feel like a murder mystery with a quirky idea thrown in to try and make it unique.
Rose’s magic is in those details. The detective at the center of the case talks of headaches adding a twist on the “troubled detective” concept. The giant too is able to help in interesting ways like using a sense of smell to figure out clues. Then there’s whatever is happening on the moon.
The art by Magenta King is good and a bit quirky like the story itself. Some of it really works for me but there’s also a few panels and moments that don’t quite land the way one would hope. King also handles colors along with Minimone while DC Hopkins handles the lettering. The visuals overall give the comic an “indie” sense, emphasizing not the detective aspect of it all but instead the oddity of the world itself.
Huge Detective #1 is an interesting start with enough of a mystery to those who enjoy detective stories to come back. Its world is a unique one with small details that make it stand out. Huge Detective #1 feels like an indie detective comic that mixes a murder mystery with just enough weird.
Story: Adam Rose Art: Magenta King
Color: Magenta King and Minimone Letterer: DC Hopkins
Story: 7.5 Art: 7.0 Overall: 7.25 Recommendation: Read
Titan Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – Kindle
After a tease, Titan Comics has revealed Huge Detective, a “new detective noir of gigantic proportions” by writer Adam Rose and artist Magenta King. It’s set for release August 7, 2024.
When a string of murders and disappearances sweep the United States, a human and a giant with sizable detective skills are on the case!
After a race of giants emerged from deep sleep beneath the earth, a bloody conflict ensued in what became known as THE OMEGA EVENT. Eventually, a treaty is resolved and the state of Brobdingnag is created, allowing humans and giants to co-exist harmoniously.
Yet tragedy threatens to shatter the peace, and an unlikely partnership is formed between Detectives Tamaki and GYANT.
As the pair attempt to stop the criminal AT LARGE, they find themselves involved in a mystery BIGGER than either could imagine.
Huge Detective #1 features covers by Diego Yapur, Magenta King, Robert Hack, and Dalts Dalton.
Like a big, bad hangover, Jenny Zero is BACK! Writers Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney and powerhouse artist Magenta King return to the hard-hitting series along with electrifying new colorist Arnaldo Robles in Jenny Zero: Homeland Insecurities.
Following the events of the first series, Jenny returns to Japan with the Action Science Police, and reunites with her BFF, Dana Sheratin! But the two badass besties soon find themselves dealing with a Kaiju Death Cult, a giant burger mascot, and a new monster called… fame?! The massive madness starts HERE!
Jenny Zero: Homeland Insecurities #1 (of 4) will be in comic shops May 11, 2022.
Jenny Zero is the story of super-uber-bad-ass-Kaiji-killin’ Jenny Zero. She has a seriously shitty attitude and personality and drinks and drugs like most people breathe. She doesn’t want to live up to the legacy of a father who set her on this path. However, she’s got a job to do and a really weird gun for killing kaiju. As the city is attacked, she mistakes the situation for a killshot and makes it even worse, for her and those around her.
Jenny Zero certainly has a cool premise but the biggest detraction for me was the main character. I felt Jenny was pretty much unlikeable. Jenny just comes off a bit too angry for me. Writers Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney do a lot to set up Jennys’ world and some truly exceptional work in building up the supporting cast. The dialogue felt fresh and Jenny is certainly put through a lot in this first issue. Ultimately, there’s not much redeemable about Jenny in the first issue to help me see past her as something other than someone who is on a downward spiral of drugs and family issues.
I could go back and forth about the art by Magenta King. At times, I did feel it wasn’t consistent and then there are times I would look at a page and just love it. It happens. I do feel that Megan Huang’s color work over King’s pencils really took the art to a level that I did enjoy. There is certainly something appealing about Magenta’s style. And while it isn’t built on high detail, the panels are full of art. The dance club pages, I thought, really showed some good attention to background detail that didn’t take shortcuts.
I’m not big on Jenny Zero #1. I really wanted to like it because what’s not to like about some bad-ass gal and her bad-ass gun just gunning down big critters? Sadly, I think the first issue (possibly) doesn’t do the main character much justice and just traps her as another edgy loose cannon with a chip on her shoulder the size of the world. That said, there’s definitely a character secret that reveals itself at the end that’s got me interested in what’s to come.
Story: Dave Dwonch and Brockton McKinney Art: Magenta King
Color: Megan Huang Letterer: Dave Dwonch
Story: 5.0 Art: 6.0 Overall: 5.5
Dark Horse Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: comiXology
