The job of any good copywriter is to sell you a story using words, this is how DC comics tried to sell this story.

“Do you wanna rock? It's rock 'n' roll that brings Ford Fairlane to Los Angeles. But since his arrival in town, lots of doors have been slammed in his face. So he does what any other frustrated rock musician who can't get work would do. He opens his own detective agency. Well, it makes sense to Ford as he caters exclusively to rock 'n' roll clientele... which is what brings him into the murder of a beautiful singer ‑ and makes him look appealing as a suspect himself. FORD FAIRLANE is a 4‑issue mini‑series prequel to the 20th Century Fox movie starring Andrew Dice Clay. @andrewdiceclay Written by Gerard Jones, designed by Russell Braun, penciled by Jose Delbo and inked by Don Heck.”

That is a good set up for this mini series, just forgetting to warn people about Andrew Dice Clays very politically incorrect comedic style that was rampant in late 80s and early 90s. The art work is actually really well done and a pleasant surprise considering the type of comic this is.

The man, the myth, the legend!!! Ford Fairlane is the rock and roll detective trying to solve a mystery in Los Angeles. This mini series has it all, crude content, funny panels and very irreverent satire for the time frame.

Issue two starts with our detective hero in the grocery store picking up some ice cream and fresh bread. A bit later we find Ford in a shower with a man. When Mr. Fairlane gets seduced by a sexy temptress he is almost cut up by her but a few pages away he gain the upper hand and avoids being impelled by a switchblade. After saving a lady in distress, a gentleman that has a very similar look to the Joker shows up with guns drawn looking to do in Ford and the damsel in distress.

Lucky for them both they are able to get away from some local help and the police arrive to apprehend the wannabe Joker. Ford drops the woman off at home and drives off into book number 3.

Blind Sonny stevenson is the man we first meet in issue 3, looking for Ford and the help that he can possibly offer him. Ford turns him down and Sonny starts to vacate the premises when the rock and roll detective calls out to him from the 2nd floor window, asking Sonny to come back up and tell him his story.

That story was a bit of a thriller that leads up too Ford driving away on a mission with his lovely assistant. This car ride you see Ford put in his place verbally by this strong willed woman.

That car ride leads them to a dead man. Along with Ford being attacked and almost burnt alive. Saved by his assistant and then making his way back to meet with the blues singer Sonny.

More murders ensue and more guns get drawn in this issue, all this so it can end with Ford, a beautiful woman, a bottle of champagne, and a sultry kiss.

The final issue number 4 has the tough guy Ford Fairlane running away, from what seems like the steroid abuse team, if there was such a team. (Definitely a book from the early 90s) He manages to get tripped up by a long blonde vixen out on her morning run and is caught and definitely roughed up a bit.

He hassles a kid skateboarding around his office to find he is in need of his services. They come across some unscrupulous punk rock type gentlemen in Venice Beach (one of which has a nazi swastika patch on his jacket) to investigate more of this ongoing case.

Ford finds himself roughed up a bit more, slapped around and even a knife held up to his neck. Once again he is saved by a woman and adverts certain death all to come to this bumpy comedic ride that unfolds too an anticlimactic yet silly ending punch line.

This miniseries is definitely worth a read, seek it out for some laughs and to transport you back to a different era and time.