Criminal Macabre: Cell Block 666 #1

Steve Niles brings his hard-boiled supernatural detective Cal McDonald back in this first chapter of "Cell Block 666," with cover art by Tim Bradstreet that sets an immediate tone of gritty menace — a battered, cigarette-smoking man clutches a pistol while spent bullets drift through the air around him, and a clawed, decaying hand reaches in from the lower corner. Bradstreet's photorealistic cover work is perfectly suited to McDonald's world, where crime noir and horror share the same dim corner. With art by Nick Stakal and colors by Michelle Madsen handling the interior, this four-part Dark Horse series promises plenty of dark, atmospheric trouble ahead.