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📘 The terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans by Rick Geary

The tale unfolds in post‑war New Orleans, where grocers are slain in the dead of night by a killer armed with an axe. Each murder follows the same ruthless pattern: a door panel is cut open, the blade is taken from the victim’s own shop, and the assailant delivers a fatal headshot. The perpetrator never surfaces, leaving police and the city in a state of uneasy suspicion. The story examines the mystery of how the killer could fit through the door opening and probes the dark undercurrents of a city still in recovery.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction

Authors: Rick Geary

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