Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage #6

Kouiti Shimaboshi's cover for this 2018 volume says everything about the weight Harlock carries — the scarred space pirate fills the foreground, his skull-tattooed fist raised to his face, his dark cape billowing with a skull-and-crossbones motif, while a vast crowd of shadowy figures looms behind him and a lone bird of prey circles overhead. The composition perfectly captures the tension between one defiant man and the forces massed against him that defines Leiji Matsumoto's enduring saga. Chapter 25 ("Tokaga") keeps the Dimensional Voyage retelling moving at a compelling pace, and Shimaboshi's detailed, modern linework makes this a genuinely satisfying volume to have on your shelf.