Kubert's original graphic novel. A beautifully drawn overwrought melodrama.

Joe Kubert's superlative comic art was appreciated more in Europe than in the USA. He had a European agent, and would occasionally work on European strips such as Tex. Abraham Stone was an attempt to create a series of European albums, but it stalled after three stories.

Abraham's introduction, Country Mouse, City Rat, was issued as standalone English language graphic novel. It establishes Abraham as a rural teenager who comes to New York in 1912 to avenge the murder of his parents by city gangsters. It's evocatively drawn with the emphasis on period elements, and introduces the idea of an adventure strip set in an era not widely exploited in comics. However, it's also melodramatic and predictable in places.