Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter

by Richard Stark and Darwyn Cooke

Book Overview

The groundbreaking Parker books are adapted for the first time as a series of graphic novels by legendary artist Darwyn Cooke introducing readers to the dangerous anti-hero's cold and calculated world of criminals, thugs, and grifters.

Darwyn Cooke's beautifully stylized artwork perfectly compliments the hard-hitting action as originally written by legendary crime author Richard Stark. Parker is arguably one of the hardest hard-boiled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600104932
• ISBN13: 9781600104930
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: IDW Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

A flawless adaptation of an American Crime Classic!

Richard Stark's Parker may be the original template for the for the double-crossed-&-left-for-dead, mean-faced, hard-headed, and heavy-handed heel out for revenge. Darwyn Cooke perfectly captures the cool & calm mixed with suddenly explosive moments of violence.