Spontaneous #1-2 (of 5) (2011)

Driven to discover the truth regarding his father's mysterious death years prior, Melvin Reyes seeks to prove the existence of Spontaneous Human Combustion after fresh outbreaks of the phenomenon reveal a pattern only he can see, a predictability model only he can read, and the terrifying realization that whatever phenomenon consumed his father is also boiling inside of him, just waiting for release... Bayville town has a Spontaneous Human Combustion problem. But whereas 'Kelvin' Melvin has always seen a supernatural, almost darkly spiritual phenomenon at work, would-be muckraker, Emily, sees a conspiracy that's anything but divine. Can they work together to uncover the truth, or will they be consumed by the fire?