High Crimes: MK Ultra at the top of the world

This was a seriously cool comic. Just trust me. Check retailers or your library. There is a Feb 2019 Image Comics current release by Christopher Sebeka and Ibrahim Moustafa. 200 pages.

Suzanne is a drug addicted Olympic medalist. She took the hit to her pride and ran from the paparazzi and Olympic comittee in order to stop the stripping of her medals, they are the last thing she is proud of after allowing her life to turn to shit.

Suzanne now lives in the Himalayas, teamed up to earn a paycheck as an Everest guide. It takes a month to get to the top and back. It is dangerous to hit the summit. It takes gear, patience, and a bit of luck to make it, while the last couple days is effectively a race to suffocation and brain damage.

Suzanne and her partner come across bodies of failed climbers. Bringing bodies down is not something you do out of kindness. It costs money, time, and risk to bring a body back. Instead they collect a hand for finger printing and any identification available. Reaching out to ask for funding to bring back the bodies. Families hate them for this and call the callous and cold, mercenaries and assholes.

The fingerprints of the most recently found corpse trigger an international black ops data net. The hand belongs to a missing rogue agent. Hidden on his body are microfilm secrets that the US government are willing to torture and kill for. ( )

I love graphic novels but this one didn't grab me. The story was slow and violent. I liked the idea of a murder mystery taking place on Mt. Everest but the story couldn't hold my interest and I wasn't invested in the characters. In went back to the library unread. ( )