Case Files: Sam & Twitch #12

That cover image — a gaunt, hollow-faced figure looming through prison bars, those unsettling circular goggles catching the dim light — sets an appropriately chilling tone for the concluding chapter of the "Skeletons" arc. Greg Capullo's painted cover work bathes the scene in deep purples and shadows, giving this hard-edged crime series a genuinely menacing atmosphere. With Marc Andreyko wrapping up six issues of gritty detective fiction and Paul Lee on interior art, this 2006 Image title delivers exactly the noir tension its tagline promises.