Blue Estate #11

Viktor Kalvachev's cover for "Episode Eleven: Showdown" sets a tense, cinematic mood — a hulking, tactical-gear-clad figure looms overhead clutching an assault rifle, while a red-haired woman lies still in an ornate, star-adorned bed below, the stark contrast between hunter and the seemingly helpless figure below crackling with danger. This Eisner-nominated series from Image Comics brought together an impressive creative team including Andrew Osborne, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox, Aleksi Briclot, and Peter Nguyen for its eleventh chapter in 2012. If you've been following Blue Estate's darkly comedic crime saga, this "Showdown" installment promises the kind of stylish, high-stakes energy the series built its reputation on.