COLD HARD CASH VOL 01 TP (MR) Previously solicited through Diamond¸ Diamond UK¸ and Universal (02 Sep Release)

Former Vegas showgirl Martha Chainey is a statuesque WOC with a penchant for martial arts. Done with the spotlight and the forty-pound headdresses¸ Martha's foregone the usual path of winding up arm candy and has taken up a career as a courier of off-the-books money. Cold¸ hard cash. When a former colleague (with a more legit line of work) asks her to discreetly recover 10 million dollars in stolen funds¸ of course Martha's on the case. The mission takes her all over California and through more than a few mooks...but will her head-slamming sleuth skills be enough to recover the cash? Cold Hard Cash brings one of crime writer Gary Phillips' heroines¸ Martha Chainey¸ from novels to comics¸ with the creative team of Gary Phillips¸ Adriana Melo¸ John Kalisz¸ and Tom Napolitano. Collects issues #1-5 of Cold Hard Cash¸ originally released digitally by Comixology Originals¸ in print from ABLAZE for the first time.