This noir mystery shot through with sex and violence exposes the seedy underbelly of the golden age of television, now collected for the first time in an all new paperback omnibus edition!
Sex! Death! Live TV! It's 1951, and the creator and star of the daily children's show Satellite Sam turns up dead in the last place a struggling young television network wants its star to be found. His accidental death reveals a series of sordid secrets, and the discoveries his son makes trying to piece together his father's last days will send him spiraling down a dark path of murder, sex, and obsession.
This midnight-black roman noir weaves true stories of TV's golden age together with harrowing portraits of broken men and women struggling to hold on to their souls under bright lights and tabloid celebrity.
By the award-winning team of Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, ODY-C) and Howard Chaykin (Black Kiss, American Flagg!, The Shadow), this omnibus edition features all fifteen issues of Satellite Sam and an epilogue chapter created for the original hardcover collection.
| ISBN: | 9781534397460 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2024 |
| Author: | Matt Fraction |
| Illustrator: | Howard V Chaykin |
| Publisher: | Image Comics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 355 pages |
| Series: | Satellite Sam |
| Genres: |
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Crime, mystery and thrillers Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Adult – erotic American style / tradition comic books |
This noir mystery shot through with sex and violence exposes the seedy underbelly of the golden age of television, now collected for the first time in an all new paperback omnibus edition!
Sex! Death! Live TV! It's 1951, and the creator and star of the daily children's show Satellite Sam turns up dead in the last place a struggling young television network wants its star to be found. His accidental death reveals a series of sordid secrets, and the discoveries his son makes trying to piece together his father's last days will send him spiraling down a dark path of murder, sex, and obsession.
This midnight-black roman noir weaves true stories of TV's golden age together with harrowing portraits of broken men and women struggling to hold on to their souls under bright lights and tabloid celebrity.
By the award-winning team of Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, ODY-C) and Howard Chaykin (Black Kiss, American Flagg!, The Shadow), this omnibus edition features all fifteen issues of Satellite Sam and an epilogue chapter created for the original hardcover collection.
Satellite Sam Compendium features in the following genres: Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Crime, mystery and thrillers, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Adult – erotic, American style / tradition comic books
Satellite Sam Compendium is available in Paperback
Satellite Sam Compendium was written by Matt Fraction and published by Image Comics
Satellite Sam Compendium has 355 pages
Yes it is part of Satellite Sam series
£24.29