After a sex-tape scandal, former Hollywood child star turned Z-listerChondra Jackson returns to her hometown of Effigy Mound, IL, to find a seeminglyimpossible crime; a fresh corpse in an ancient Indian burial site. Even weirder,the murder resembles a scene from an episode of her old TV show, StarCop, a live-action children's show about a kid detective. As Chondra startsto investigate, she stumbles upon a bizarre cult that worships celebrities aseternal effigies. And these cult members aren't just worshiping - they'realso ritually sacrificing anyone who defies their veneration of the beautifuland famous. Chondra's probe takes her on a terrifying tour of burial moundsacross the world, from Stonehenge to the Nazca Lines of Peru. But what is thelink between the cult, Chondra's hometown, and her own bloodline? Will Chondrabecome the hero detective she played as a child...or is she in fact the cult'sunwitting messiah? Written by rising star Tim Seeley (Batman Eternal, Grayson,Revival) and illustrated by Marley Zarcone (Black Circle,Madame Xanadu), Effigy is a twisted murder mystery and conspiracytale that examines celebrity, godhood, and the price of fame. Collects Effigy #1-6.
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