Brody's ghost / Crilley, Mark

Brody encounters a teenaged female ghost in the middle of the busy street, and just when he thought it might have been a hallucination, she returns and informs him that he needs to be trained by the spirit of an ancient samurai to unlock his secret powers and assist in hunting down a killer.

"Brody wanted nothing to do with teenaged ghost Talia or her search for the Penny Murderer until a psychic vision revealed his ex-girlfriend Nicole as the killer's next target. Using the training he's received from a ghost samurai, Brody must race against the clock to save her, even as Nicole's new boyfriend uses his connections to threaten Brody's life. With time running out, Brody gets a lead that could be the key to the mystery, but following it means breaking ties with Talia, just when he needs her help to escape gangsters and the police"--Back cover.

"Everything has changed for Brody since teenaged ghost Talia entered his life. Now trained in the supernatural arts and strong in mind and body. Brody is trapped in a prison cell with just hours left before his ex-girlfriend is destined to be the Penny Murderer's next victim. All the sacrifices Brody has made have been leading up to this night, and even if he can manage to escape from prison, the race is on to locate the crime scene before the killer strikes"--Back cover.

Brody confronts Talia with the truth about her death and she disappears for a few days, leaving Brody to carry on the search for the Penny Murderer on his own. As he continues his training with Kagemura, he learns that he already has the ability to know when Nicole's murder is imminent.

Brody and teenage ghost Talia try to catch a serial killer named Penny Murderer, but things get complicated when Brody's supernatural abilities result in him entering the mind of the criminal.

At the final stage of his training with Kagemura, Brody is branded with a symbol of purity and sent against the gang that beat him up a few months earlier. Then, Brody makes his peace with his former girlfriend, Nicole, but is visited by a vision that makes him wonder if he will see her again.

In the first of a six-volume graphic novel series, Brody is depressed and barely surviving after breaking up with his girlfriend Nicole. Then a teenage ghost named Talia enlists his help to find a serial killer. If Talia and Brody can find him, she can get into Heaven and Brody gets the reward money. Before they can get to work though, Brody needs some training by the spirit of an ancient samurai to unlock his psychic powers.