Tattoo artist Dee gives her friend Sarah a tattoo, and overnight Sarah becomes a vicious, relentless killer. How is Sarah’s sudden psychopathic behaviour related to the tattoo, and can Dee stop her rampage? More importantly, have more of Dee’s customers been affected by whatever has happened to Sarah?

This is a brutal and effective opening chapter to the four part Scratcher mini-series; though there’s a few clumsy and confusing moments in the art, for the most part it’s illustrated in a ln effectively noir-esque way. The monochrome illustrations are atmospheric and the gore somehow more palatable given that the blood runs black across so many panels.

We’re left with more questions than answers by the end of this issue, but that’s to be expected given that this is only part 1; it’s cleverly written, with a unique set-up, and I’m definitely keen to read more of this series, which I somehow missed the first time around.

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