Bad Idea Announces New One-Shot: ‘Hank Howard, Pizza Detective — The Inside Job’ #1 With Special ‘Movie Moments’ Variant Covers

David Lapham‘s Pizza Detective is back in a new one-shot from Bad Idea. Hank Howard, Pizza Detective — The Inside Job #1. and its sporting a set of variant covers homaging some of the most popular genres and movies of the 1980s in a series of four “movie moments” I’m sure you will all recognise the minute you see them in the gallery below. Movies by the likes of David Cronenberg, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg, and John Carpenter.

Here’s the covers, the synopsis and a first look at this special, coming out next month.

“Something’s rotten at Big Caligula’s Pizza, location #212 — and it’s not just last week’s mozzarella. Cash tips have fallen off a cliff, and the question on everyone’s lips is, why? Has service really gone downhill, or is there something, or someone, more sinister to blame?

Corporate smells trouble, and they’ve called in their best man for the job. Enter, Hank Howard. Armed with a mind as sharp as a tack, nerves of steel, and an ironclad stomach, Hank’s about to dive into a mystery hotter than a fresh-baked pie and his only lead won’t talk. Literally. It’s the location’s mascot, Biggie. The employees who don the oversized Roman Emperor garb are forbidden from talking in front of customers. Ruins the illusion for the kids.

Thankfully, Hank’s not flying solo. Location #212 just happens to be the stomping grounds of Hank’s old buddy, the pizza crust loving dog, Cali. Together, they’ll sniff out clues, chomp down leads, and uncover secrets that could rock the pizza world to its core.”

Hank Howard, Pizza Detective – The Inside Job #1 is out on Wednesday, July 8th, from Bad Idea.