Cage of Eden #8

Volume 8 of Yamada Yoshinobu's survival thriller Cage of Eden arrives from Soleil Manga with a cover that pulls you straight into the tension — a blonde-haired young man and a dark-haired companion in a bow tie are locked together in a desperate, lunging pose against a shadowy, jungle-tinged backdrop streaked with blood-red marks. The raw energy between the two figures, one gripping the other mid-motion, captures exactly the kind of high-stakes camaraderie this series does so well. If you've been following this French-edition run, 2014's eighth volume looks like a thoroughly gripping continuation.