Bill Willingham - Proposition Player (Vertigo) (Restored) torrent

Issues 1-6 of 'Proposition Player'

Vertigo/DC Comics, 1999

Written by Bill Willingham

Illustrated by Bill Willingham and Paul Guinan (issue one)

Pencilled by Paul Guinan (the rest of the series)

Inked by Ron Randall (the rest of the series)

Colored by James Sinclair (all issues)


Proposition Player tells the story of Joey Martin, a Las Vegas proposition player employed by casinos to join dull card games in order to liven up the gaming. Years of experience have made Joey an expert, if unsatisfied, card player.

One night, during a round of drinks, he is pushed into a proposition that sees him buy the souls of thirty-two people for the price of one free beer each. It isn't long before those who sold their souls are suffering fatal accidents one by one, and the forces of Heaven and Hell show up trying to put a price on the purchased souls for themselves.

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To me this is still Willingham kicking around ideas in his head that are bringing him closer to the world of Fables. The weird, slightly 'off' feeling to a world that is still grounded in reality is there, it's just not being done with fairy tale characters as part of the story.