Dept. H #17

Issue #17 of Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt's underwater murder mystery finds a striking moment of stillness before the storm — two young girls standing hand-in-hand on the shore, dwarfed by an enormous, luminous wave curling over them in gorgeous watercolor greens. The subtitle "murder six miles deep" hangs above this deceptively serene surface image, suggesting that what lies beneath calm waters is anything but peaceful. Seventeen issues in, the Kindts continue to pair emotionally resonant, painterly covers with one of Dark Horse's most atmospheric thriller series of 2017.