Created by Jordan Thomas & Nicola Izzo Original Cyberpunk game created by Mike Pondsmith JAYK, a private eye character spun off from the best-selling videogame Cyberpunk 2077 gets a chance to strut his stuff in a four-issue miniseries from Dark Horse Comics, Cyberpunk 2077: Jayk's Case. In the uncomfortably near future, Jayk's hired to investigate … Continue reading Jayk (Cyberpunk 2077)
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Ray Banana
Created by Ted Benoit Pseudonym of Thierry Benoît (1949-2016) En fin! A P.I. with appeal! RAY BANANA is a post-modernist American private eye, as imagined by the French in the eighties in a series of quirky, offbeat bandes dessinées. He's a slouching hepcat shamus in retro-fifties gear, shades and attitude, who stars in a series … Continue reading Ray Banana
Star Hawkins
Created by John Broome & and Mike Sekowsky All you wannabe Chandlers might as well give up. STAR HAWKINS IS the "greatest detective of the 21st century," first appearing as a back-up feature in Strange Adventures #114, DC's science fiction comic of the early sixties. Set in the future, his adventures seem to take place … Continue reading Star Hawkins
Vic Flint
Created by Michael O'Malley & Ralph Lane VIC FLINT was one of a mere handful of hard-boiled private eyes, in the tradition of Hammett, Chandler, et al., to appear on the comic pages of North American newspapers. A typical hard-boiled shamus, complete with wise-cracks and a perpetual cigarette in his yap, he appeared in both … Continue reading Vic Flint
Authentic Police Cases
Comic Book Anthology Series (1948-55) AUTHENTIC POLICE CASES was a popular Golden Age comic anthology, featuring crime and detective stories, published by the St. John Publishing Company. It ran for thirty-eight issues, from February 1948 to March 1955, and featured an assortment reprints of newspaper strips colorized and reformatted, including tales featuring early comic book … Continue reading Authentic Police Cases
Chachu
Created by Iman Vellani (2002--) It's 1979, and Hollywood-obsessed Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian college student, is a long way from home. She's in Tinsel Town, hoping to hook up with with her estranged uncle — her "Chachu," the brother of her late father. I have no idea what his real name is — Leila simply … Continue reading Chachu
Henry Dorsett Case (Neuromancer)
Created by William Gibson (1948--) "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." And with that straight-outta-Chandler opening, William Gibson's genre-bending science fiction classic Neuromancer (1984) began. Not that Raymond Chandler is the only inspiration for what many consider the one of the very first and finest examples … Continue reading Henry Dorsett Case (Neuromancer)
Lance Wingman (Destination Kill)
Created by Joe Palmer Got dystopia? Not sure how "PI-ish" this 2026 comic book is, but it does have ex-copper turned private eye LANCE WINGMAN as a major character, teaming up with his former partner on the force, Gina Serene, a burned-out, pill-popping detective charged with squelching a worker's uprising in the corporate-controlled, robot-dominated hellscape … Continue reading Lance Wingman (Destination Kill)
Hank Howard (Pizza Detective)
Created by Robert Venditti and David Lapham "Just because pizza is round doesn't mean you can cut corners." HANK HOWARD isn't a man you meet every day. No matter how you slice it. Sure, he's a private eye, a hard-boiled and slightly rumpled doofus right out of central casting, complete with the obligatory fedora and … Continue reading Hank Howard (Pizza Detective)
Henry Archer (The Other/Half)
Created by Jim McCann and Joe Eisma Released on National Coming Out Day in March 2026 was The Other/Half, a rom-com/mystery mini-series featuring rough-and-tumble NYC private eye and backstreets rambler (he needs a shave and wears a rumpled trench coat) HENRY ARCHER and his fiancée Ethan Herbst, a suave, sophisticated man-about-town socialite currently on the … Continue reading Henry Archer (The Other/Half)