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(W) Zac Thompson (A/C/CA) Jok (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America’s aftermarket for dead bodies. Critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Blow Away, Into The Unbeing) and star artist Jok (In Hell We Fight) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water!

Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who’s trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son. He’s sickened to find an empty grave. His son’s remains were sold into “The Body Trade”. Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child’s corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control.

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Preview: The Body Trade #5

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The Body Trade #5

(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jok (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

After losing everything, Kim finally finds what he’s searching for. It all leads to a showdown on the fourth of July. Who will survive? Will anything be left of them if they do? And will it be salvageable for the aftermarket?

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Preview: The Body Trade #4

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The Body Trade #4

(W) Zac Thompson (A) Jok (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Kim wakes handcuffed to a hospital bed. His reckless quest for vengeance has finally caught up with him. An old friend arrives to deliver some devastating news… he’s dying. But if Kim so chooses… he can donate his body to “science”.

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Preview: The Body Trade #3

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The Body Trade #3

(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jok (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Backed into a corner, Kim is forced to reconnect with his sordid past in order to move forward in his search for vengeance. With little evidence, he assembles a paper trail that he hopes will offer more answers. But it only leads to armed guards and a razor-wire fence. With little else to lose, Kim decides the only way out is through.

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Preview: The Body Trade #2

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The Body Trade #2

(W) Zac Thompson (A) Jok (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

After the devastating events of the last issue, Kim is thrown into a blind panic. He’s desperate for answers and recklessly barrels forward looking for them. It all comes to a head in a face-to-face confrontation with the full might of the corporation that took his son’s remains. A corporation that knows everything about Kim and just how much he has to lose.

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Preview: The Body Trade #1

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The Body Trade #1

(W) Zac Thompson (A/CA) Jok (CB) Jacob Phillips (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who’s trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son. He’s sickened to find an empty grave. His son’s remains were sold into “The Body Trade”. Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child’s corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control.

The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America’s aftermarket for dead bodies. Critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Blow Away, Into The Unbeing) and star artist Jok (In Hell We Fight) team up for this neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water!

The Body Trade #1

The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America’s aftermarket for dead bodies

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Mad Cave Studios has announced an all new twisted crime series, The Body Trade, by critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson, with inks by Argentinian artist Jok and letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou; featuring cover B by Jacob Phillips.

Kim Krilic is a divorced ex-con who’s trying to atone. However, his short temper tends to get the best of him. When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son, he’s sickened to find an empty grave. His son’s remains were sold into “The Body Trade”. Armed with righteous fury, Kim sets out to reclaim his child’s corpse. But one act of vengeance causes everything to spiral out of control. 

The Body Trade is an unrelenting revenge story set against the backdrop of America’s aftermarket for dead bodies. It’s a neo-noir crime thriller rife with bloodshed and brutality, in the tradition of Blue Ruin and Hell or High Water!

For fans of Vince Gilligan and Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, The Body Trade #1 busts out Sept. 18th, and is now available for preorder.

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