‘The One Hand’ And ‘The Six Fingers’ Get A Complete Trade Collection From Image

The One Hand and The Six Fingers is a unique project. The two Image Comics miniseries were announced at the same time, and the publisher even hinted they may be connected in some way. Turns out they’re connected in many ways — and they’ll get even closer with the upcoming trade collection, which will join The One Hand & The Six Fingers in one, collected volume.

In The One Hand, by Ram V and Laurence Campbell, alongside colorist Lee Loughridge, we follow a detective investigating the deadly One Hand killer, who was put in jail twice, years ago. In The Six Fingers, by Dan Watters and Sumit Kumar, alongside Loughridge, we follow a student who may or may not be the “new” One Hand Killer.

“We set out to run upon untrodden ground with these twin stories, trying to tell a third truth in their reading,” said Ram V via press release provided to Comic Book Club. “It’s a cat and mouse story with an entirely different sort of chase in between. I hope readers will enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it!”

Added Watters, “The idea with The One Hand & The Six Fingers was to create two mysteries which interweave and entangle to reveal a third mystery in the negative space between them. It’s one of the most ambitious projects I’ve ever been a part of, and one of the most rewarding, as I think we pulled it off. A book born of two creative teams, a fear of the future, and buckets of blood.”

The new trade will collect the five issues of each series (for 10 total), and alternate between The One Hand and The Six Fingers to tell the complete story, in order.

“Designing the glyph language for The One Hand & The Six Fingers was a fantastic creative challenge, developing a unique graphic system that would evoke mystery whilst instantly recognizable as a unifying code across both stories—especially working with Laurence and Sumit and how they integrated it into their storytelling,” said designer Tom Muller.

The One Hand & The Six Fingers will hit comic book shops on December 11, and bookstores on December 24 — the perfect last-minute Christmas gift. Check out the trade cover and some interior pages, below.

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