In this chapter, we examine The Brownout Murders, which depicts the fictionalised lives of three sisters against a background of true events. Set in Melbourne Australia in 1942, the graphic novel depicts a city under threat. The populace had already spent years worrying about a potential invasion by Japanese military forces. Now, they must also contend with a serial killer roaming the streets. Using three key pages as reference points, we will explore how the graphic novel’s creators—who are co-authors of this chapter—have used the affordances of the comics medium to comment on the issue of historical, contemporary and future violence against women. Our findings reveal that this is achieved by moving beyond historical fiction into the realm of historiographic metafiction. In this way, the graphic novel’s creators question the public’s appetite for texts that give primacy to serial killers while downplaying the importance of their direct and indirect female victims.