title: The Dresden Files: Storm Front (Jim Butcher's Dresden Files) (A graphic novel)
author: Mark Powers
description: Beginning an unusually successful adaptation, this volume covers the first part of the book that introduced Harry Dresden, a modern wizard who's set up shop in downtown Chicago. Unlike <i>Hellblazer</i>'sJohn Constantine, Dresden is unambiguously heroic, cooperating with the police to solve gruesome magical murderers while also working solo as a supernatural PI. The two cases he undertakes here don't seem related, but they both send Dresden out into the mean streets and eldritch corners of the modern world. More to the point, they let Butcher (and adapter Powers) set up a rich, quirky universe for Dresden to explore, as when he interviews a spiteful vampire madam or fights a trench coatclad demonic assassin. Powers and artist Sayaf do a very nice job of working a lot of textconversations and Harry's reflectionsinto lively-looking pages. The action is well handled, too, especially when the climactic battle with the demon moves from inside Harry's apartment to outdoors during a thunderstorm. The Dresden novels are already <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers, and this comic looks like another winner. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  TITLES BY MARK GREANEY
  
  
  THE GRAY MAN
  
  
  ON TARGET
  
  
  BALLISTIC
  
  
  DEAD EYE
  
  
  BACK BLAST
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](../images/00003.jpeg)
  
  
  **An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC**
  
  
  **375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014**
  
  
  This book is an original publication of Penguin Random House LLC.
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 by Mark Strode Greaney.
  
  
  Penguin supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse
  voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for
  buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright
  laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form
  without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to
  continue to publish books for every reader.
  
  
  BERKLEY® and the “B” design are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House
  LLC.
  
  
  For more information, visit [penguin.com](http://penguin.com).
  
  
  Berkley export edition ISBN: 978-1-101