

Part detective, part hired thug, Ethan moves through the world with ruthless efficiency, solving problems for people at the end of their rope.

during the early 1980s, the first novel in Brubaker and Phillips’ series features a former FBI agent whose cover as a ‘60s radical was blown in a bomb blast. “ Reckless,” released in December 2020, announced the arrival of a new old-school antihero: Ethan Reckless. They now adorn a slick new series of graphic novels (with some key updates) by the legendary team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. These images are no longer the sole province of vintage paperbacks from the heyday of pulp fiction. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Įxploding cars, goons with guns, menacing figures who could be heroes or villains.
