CSI: Dying in the Gutters

In the mid-2000s, IDW brought the forensic crime-solving of the CSI franchise to comics with CSI: Dying in the Gutters, a five-issue miniseries that ran from 2006. Written by Steven Grant with art by Stephen Mooney, the story sends the Las Vegas crime lab team into the world of comic book fandom, investigating a murder at a convention. It’s a clever, self-aware crossover that lets the investigators navigate a setting familiar to readers, blending the show’s procedural grit with a knowing wink at comic culture.