The Black Terror: Seduction of Deceit: Day 2

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This week we’re taking a look at “The Black Terror: Seduction of Deceit” written by Beau Smith & Chuck Dixon with art by Dan Brereton.  Today’s art is a drawing that Brereton did and Eclipse used in an ad to congratulate Dan on winning the Russ Manning Award as Best New Artist for his work on the series.

The Black Terror series took place in an alternate universe where organized crime had become a legitimate enterpise.  In this hard-boiled setting, the Black Terror waged a one man war against crime.  Despite his best efforts, the Black Terror realized that he wasn’t making a dent in the criminal underworld.  So he decided that the only way to take down the organization is from within.  

To this end, he “did in” a couple of low level hoods and began to work his way up into the organization.  The mobsters only knew him as Ryan Delvecchio, a tough, on-the-rise thug; not his alter-ego, the criminal killer known as The Black Terror.  When Delvecchio is hand-picked to become part of an elite Mafia hit squad, he’s in the perfect position to take out the major players in organized crime… that is if the Feds don’t kill him first.

Man, I wish that someone would reprint this series in a hardcover edition.  More tomorrow when we hit Day 3.