It’s been almost 20 years since the first printing of John J. Muth’s graphic novel adaptation of Fritz Lang’s film, M.

Long out of print, Abrams is bringing the hotness (and darkness) back this spring with a special edition one-volume re-printing of the noir classic.

NY Mag published a special excerpt last week. The charcoal and ink drawings are eerily immersive: you can feel the soot, the clatter-wail of trains and sudden burst of a pigeon flock.

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Shadow Run

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Peel and crawl

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Cluster hop

See the full excerpt here.