Dept. H #18

This issue of Dept. H — Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt's deep-sea murder mystery from Dark Horse — takes a chilling detour with a cover that doubles as a naturalist's field guide to "The Most Dangerous Creatures in the Ocean." Rendered in watercolor-style illustration, seven labeled specimens crowd the page: a venomous Grenadier, a lure-bearing Anglerfish, a paralysis-inducing Blue-Ringed Octopus, a parasitic Giant Isopod, an Amphipod, a Black Swallower, and a commanding Giant Squid dominating the lower half. It's a gorgeous, unsettling reminder that six miles down, the murderer aboard the station might not be the most terrifying thing lurking in the dark.