The Fade Out, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker

A moody noir set in late-1940s Hollywood following a troubled screenwriter whose wartime trauma and alcohol-fueled lapses collide with the discovery of a dead actress linked to his studio; as he and a determined police investigator dig in, they uncover a web of studio cover-ups, corrupt cops, and dangerous secrets that expose the dark underside of the movie business and the cost of remembering — or forgetting — the past.

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