Dying Is Easy #5

The penultimate issue of Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds' noir mystery wraps up with a cover that feels genuinely unsettling — a figure submerged underwater, encased in an old-fashioned diving helmet, wide-eyed and bleeding, surrounded by colorful tropical fish and the shadowy suggestion of something larger lurking beyond. Simmonds' watercolor-drenched cover art gives the whole scene a dreamlike, suffocating quality that suits a series called Dying Is Easy perfectly. If you've been following this "Sh*t-Talk" Homes mystery, issue #5 promises the kind of tension that makes the final page turn feel inevitable.