Bang! Tango #1

Like a lot of people my age, Vertigo got me back into comics via Sandman.  For that I'll always be grateful, but ever since the Books of Magic became Life During Wartime, I've found it's output to be patchy.  American Virgin should have ended an issue before the coffin shagging, House of Mystery is basically “Vertigo does Lost” and Air started off fine, but then went, well Vertigo.  (There are exceptions: among others, Fables, Northlanders and DMZ are all excellent).
Now we have “Bang! Tango” – yes, the exclamation point is part of the title.  A gangster quits and goes underground after getting his bosses son killed.  Three years later, a woman – the woman – walks back into his life.  Even the editorial admits that we've heard this story a hundred times before, but this time there's a twist.  The gangster dances the tango.
I'm going to say that again, slowly: The gangster.  Dances.  The tango.  I'm sorry, but adding a random characteristic to a cliché does not magically turn it into a character (even if the artist has a thing about drawing dancers).
The art's nice if you like the Vertigo house style.  Layout's good.  Dialogue drives the story forward and if you want a tale about a retired mobster who dances the tango this is the comic for you.  I just wish it had a better premise.
(there's another twist – one that would have been edgy circa 1992.  That's the only clue you're getting).