Stumptown #1 - The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left Her Mini)

(October 2017)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Keywords

St. Johns Bridge; Willamette River

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Illustration of the bank of the Willamette River with St. Johns Bridge passing overhead.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Title and credit pages.

Chapter One (Table of Contents: 3)

Stumptown / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #1 [Second Printing] (2010)
• Original green tints changed to teal to match collection cover. Cover image reprinted without text or logo.

The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo but Left Her Mini Part One (Table of Contents: 4)

Stumptown / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

Lee Loughridge

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I don't suppose we can talk about this?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios (first appearance); Ansel Parios (first appearance; Dex's brother); Sue-Lynne Suppa (first appearance); Hollis (first appearance); Hector Marenco (first appearance); Isabel Marenco (first appearance); Charlotte Suppa (voice only); Leo (first appearance); William (first appearance); Dill [Raymond Dillon] (first appearance); Whale (first appearance)

Synopsis

The head of a local tribal casino asks Dex to find her granddaughter Charlotte. At Charlotte's apartment Dex is assaulted by Dill and Whale and warned off, then picked up by different thugs who take her to local crime lord Hector Marenco, who also wants to find Charlotte. Dex gets a call from Charlotte, and asks her to meet up at a local bar. Charlotte doesn't show. Leaving the bar, Dex is kidnapped at gunpoint by Dill and Whale, who take her to the river and shoot her, unaware she is wearing body armor.

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #1 (October 2009)

Indexer Notes

Dex's full name is Dexadrine Callisto Parios. She's a licensed private investigator in Portland. She drives a 1964 Mustang convertible.

Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 5)

Stumptown / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #2 (December 2009)
• Yellow tint replaced with teal tint to match collection cover. Cover image reprinted without text or logo.

The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo but Left Her Mini Part Two (Table of Contents: 6)

Stumptown / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

Lee Loughridge

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Any difficulty breathing?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex [Dexedrine Parios]; Ansel Parios; Tracy Hoffman (first appearance); Volk (first appearance); Grey (first appearance); Oscar Marenco (first appearance); Isabel Marenco; Charlotte Suppa (first appearance)

Synopsis

Hector Marenco's daughter Isabel comes to Dex trying to find out what her father wanted from Dex. She thinks it's something about her brother Oscar. Dex talks to Oscar, who admits he had been dating Charlotte, but that they'd broken up. Dex tails Isabel to a hotel and finds Charlotte hiding out with her.

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #2 (December 2009)

Indexer Notes

Police officer Tracy Hoffman is established as a friend of Dex. Volk is Hoffman's superior. It is established that there is bad blood between Volk and Dex.

Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 7)

Stumptown / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios; Dill [Raymond Dillon]; Whale

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #3 (April 2010)
• Cover image reprinted without text or logo.

The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo but Left Her Mini Part Three (Table of Contents: 8)

Stumptown / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

Rico Renzi

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Charlotte, listen, I want to help you.

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios; Grey; Isabel Marenco; Charlotte Suppa; Oscar Marenco; Dill [Raymond Dillon]; Whale

Synopsis

Outside the hotel, Dex, Isabel, and Charlotte encounter Dill and Whale. Isabel takes Charlotte and Dex's car, leaving Dex to escape on her own. Dex takes Isabel's car. Isabel agrees to meet with Dex to get her car back. She reveals Oscar had been using his relationship with Charlotte to target archaeological dig sites to steal tribal artifacts. When she found out, she hid from Oscar. Oscar, and henchmen Dill and Whale, are trying to find and kill Charlotte. Hector wants to clean up Oscar's mess. Isabel wants to protect her friend Charlotte, but also to show up Oscar and impress her father.

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #3 (April 2010)

Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 9)

Stumptown / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios; Charlotte Suppa

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #4 (August 2010)
• Original purple tint changed to teal to match collection cover. Cover image reprinted without text or logo.

[The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo but Left Her Mini Part Four] (Table of Contents: 10)

Stumptown / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Rucka

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

Rico Renzi; Matthew Southworth

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Dex Parios; Charlotte Suppa; Tracy Hoffman; Hector Marenco; Oscar Marenco; Isabel Marenco; Dill [Raymond Dillon]; Whale

Synopsis

Isabel and Dex return to Isabel's cabin and find Charlotte has been abducted by Hector's man William. Oscar, Dill, and Whale show up and find documents in Charlotte's luggage that would have incriminated Oscar. They take them, but leave Dex and Charlotte's laptop, which turns out to have copies of the documents and emails from Oscar. Dex negotiates a deal with Hector, which saves Charlotte's life (and Dex's).

Reprints

• from Stumptown (Oni Press, 2009 series) #4 (August 2010)

Artist Bios (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Indexer Notes

Biographies of Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth, with a spot illustration of Dex Patios.

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Pencils

Matthew Southworth

Inks

Matthew Southworth

Keywords

St. Johns Bridge; Willamette River

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Illustration of the bank of the Willamette River with St. Johns Bridge passing overhead.

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