Ex-Con #5

The penultimate chapter of Duane Swierczynski and Keith Burns's crime series wraps its tension-filled run with a Tim Bradstreet cover that layers a stubbled, sunglasses-wearing man's close-up face over silhouetted figures and palm fronds, all spattered with vivid red against warm orange tones — a moody, sun-soaked collision of noir atmosphere and barely contained violence. "There She Goes Again" promises exactly the kind of twisty, hard-boiled storytelling this Dynamite series has delivered throughout. If you've been following Ex-Con, this fifth issue looks like a satisfying, blood-speckled payoff.