''Point of Impact'' is a four-issue limited

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series created and written by

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Koray Kuranel published through

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. The first issue was released in October 2012. The story follows three characters as they lead separate investigations into the murder of a woman.

Publication history

Faerber and Kuranel were introduced by their mutual friend Yildiray Cinar, who had worked with Faerber on the comic ''

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''.Bradley, Drew,
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, Multiversity Comics, 13 August 2012 Despite speaking different languages, they had no trouble communicating. Faerber made the decision to print the book in

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, partly because "not having a colorist is one less mouth to feed".Bradley, Drew
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Multiversity Comics, 25 September 2012 Kuranel was happy with this decision, as "black and white is the most impressive form in comics for im. The first issue was printed by

on 10 October 2012. After the completion of the series in 2013, Faerber has no plans to revisit the characters.

Plot

After a woman is tossed off a building, her murder is investigated by her husband, who is an investigative reporter, her lover, who is a former

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, and her friend, who is a homicide detective.

Critical reception

Orders for the first issue exceeded the expectations of both Faerber and Image publisher

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. Based on 18 critical reviews, ''Point of Impact'' received an average score of 7.7/10 according to

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website Comic Book Roundup. Geeksunleashed called it "a gripping, provocative four-part crime series". Comicbastards praised the consistency of Kuranel's art, and gave the first issue a 4/5 rating.Review: Point of Impact #1
", Comic Bastards, 12 October 2012

References

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