Young Liars #1 2008 VF/NM

Young Liars #1 2008 is the debut issue of an ongoing monthly comic book series created, written, and illustrated by indie comics icon David Lapham. Published by DC Comics under its mature-readers Vertigo imprint, the first issue was released on March 5, 2008, under the story title "At a Thousand Miles an Hour".

Marking Lapham's highly anticipated return to a full-color monthly format following his acclaimed crime magnum opus Stray Bullets, the series is a chaotic, genre-bending thriller laced with high-octane hedonism, surrealism, and unreliable narration.

The Core Premise & Characters

The issue drops readers directly into the gritty, drug-fueled club scene of lower Manhattan, centering on a group of deeply dysfunctional 20-somethings who are all harboring dark secrets:

• Danny Noonan: The story's central narrator. Danny is a failed guitar player from Texas who moved to New York City seeking rock-and-roll stardom. He is also a pathological, habitual liar.
• Sadie Dawkins: The central focus of Danny's obsession. Sadie was originally a "poor little rich girl" heiress until a traumatic event left a physical bullet permanently lodged in her brain. The injury fundamentally altered her personality, morphing her into a completely unhinged, violent adrenaline seeker who only trusts and listens to Danny.

Plot Summary: At a Thousand Miles an Hour

The premiere issue unfolds over the course of a single, chaotic night out in New York City. Danny tries to manage the beautiful but increasingly psychotic Sadie as she tears through the underground night scene. In a relentless blur of violence, drugs, and psychological tension, Sadie instigates bar fights, bites off a man's nose, and starts a localized gang war.

As the narrative unravels, the readers are forced to realize that Danny is entirely unreliable as a narrator. The boundaries between reality, hallucinations, and outright lies are entirely blurred, establishing the series' signature theme: trying to figure out what is actually happening versus what the characters are fabricating. The issue ends by teasing a massive, globetrotting conspiracy involving demented billionaires, assassins, and bizarre surreal elements.