The story always starts with a dame.
He sets out to be the hero of his own story-even if it means losing the dame..
With his fedora perched askance, cold Mountain Dew in hand, Alex presses on.
Torn between the reality of completing the job and the fantasy of rescuing the damsel in distress, Alex finds himself in trouble with everyone.
As he slips back and forth between personas-affable retailer by day, hardboiled Detective by night-Alex has trouble keeping his conspiracy theories in check.
But when Alex meets Richard, Naomi\'s overbearing fiancé, he knows something\'s amiss.
Along with his two best friends and a ready supply of Mountain Dew, Alex embarks on a search for the elusive Action Comics #1, potentially worth millions.
When Naomi Price walks into Alex\'s Comics Clubhouse one day asking for help cataloging thousands of rare, inherited comicbooks, Alex is sure he\'s hit the comics jackpot.
Or so it does in Alex Carter\'s imaginary noir-world.
The story always starts with a dame
