Electropolis #3

Dean Motter's retro-futurist noir world gets a vivid showcase in this third chapter of "The Infernal Machine," with a cover painted in rich Art Deco atmosphere. A trench-coated robot detective and a sharp-eyed woman clutching cash and a ray gun share a red vehicle, projecting exactly the kind of hard-boiled tension Motter perfected in Mister X and Terminal City. The issue's contents page teases abductions, secret cyclographs, and a visit to Mister X himself — a tantalizing lineup from one of comics' most distinctively stylish creators.