Shield: Spotlight

by Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Jeff Mariotte, Jean Diaz

When a famous TV journalist is murdered, the media spotlight falls on the Barn. Captain Aceveda orders everyone to be on their best behavior - which hampers the style of Vic Mackey and his Strike Team. As with the popular TV show, interweaving cases affect everyone on the force, with suspenseful and surprising results.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2004

About the author

Also writes as Jeff Mariotte

Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 70 novels, including the Cody Cavanaugh western series, historical western epic Blood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta (with Peter Murrieta), thrillers Empty Rooms and The Devil's Bait, supernatural thrillers Season of the Wolf, Missing White Girl, River Runs Red, and Cold Black Hearts, horror epic The Slab, and the Dark Vengeance teen horror quartet. With wife and writing partner Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell, he wrote the sf/horror/thriller 7 SYKOS and Mafia III: Plain of Jars, the authorized prequel to the bestselling video game. His most recent release is the short story collection Byrd's Luck & Other Stories, comprising five "traditional" Western tales and five horror-Western stories, two of them brand-new for this edition.

He also writes occasional nonfiction, short fiction (some of which is collected in Nine Frights), and comic books, including the long-running horror/Western comic book series Desperadoes and graphic novels Fade to Black and Zombie Cop. With Marsheila Rockwell, he has published several short stories and is working on more. He has worked in virtually every aspect of the book business, as a writer, editor, marketing executive, and bookseller.

Learn more at www.jeffmariotte.com, and follow him at https://www.facebook.com/JeffreyJMari... and @JeffMariotte on Twitter.

Also writes as Jeff Mariotte

Reviews

[Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I miss this show so much!! It’s criminally underrated when it comes to people listing the greatest TV shows. How come they never made a spinoff about Dutch and Billings? And why is Acaveda so consistently a piece of crap? Watch The Shield, people!! Or, if you’re like me and already watched it four times, then read this comic.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have actually never watched an episode of The Shield, but I plan to eventually buy the entire series and binge watch. I assume the series will be better than this comic series, and if that's true, it must be quite the series. Sons of Anarchy is one of my all time favorite shows, and it basically grew from the ashes of The Shield. That made me decide to check this out, plus all of the great things I've heard about the show. The art is really good as well, and the characters are recognizable as their actor counterparts.

This comic series was really good. It showed the corruption of Vic Mackey and his strike team, as well as corruption higher up. It also showed the good working to clean things up. I'm sure if you are a fan of the show, you'll like the series. And honestly, if you haven't even seen the show, like me, you'll still like this series.I recommend it to any fans of comics and crime drama.

[Twan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a single swear word in the entire run of The Shield tv show but yet there's an f-bomb dropped on the first page!!!??

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story’s not bad, but the art is pretty inconsistent.

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd recommend this Shield comic book collection to any reader that is a fan of the former FX show. The dialogue always rung true to how the characters talked and acted and luckily the artist IDW hired drew the story well enough that there was never a confusing panel or moment and all the characters were easily recognizable. I place the Shield in my top 5 all-time best television dramas ever.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent stand-alone "Shield" storyline. The artwork is good, the dialogue is, for the most part, fairly well written and the story is an interesting one within the moral ambiguity of "The Shield" universe.