Dept. H #24

This twenty-fourth issue of Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt's Dept. H closes in on a deeply unsettling image: a pale, grasping hand clutching at bare legs drifting in dark, particle-filled water — an intimate scene saturated with dread. Sharlene Kindt's watercolor cover work is quietly haunting, using muted flesh tones against deep oceanic blues to convey both vulnerability and something far more sinister lurking beneath the surface. For readers following this underwater murder mystery through its 2018 final stretch, this issue's cover promises the tension is far from resolved.