Gli Integrali BD #26

Collecting the fourth installment of the Dantès saga, this Italian-language volume from Aurea Books and Comics presents "Il veleno d'ebano" — a title that crackles with intrigue. Erik Juszezak's cover drops us into a tense desert standoff, where two armed men in the foreground — one gripping an assault rifle, both looking ready for a fight — face down a group of soldiers flanking a 4x4 in the arid background. Writers Pierre Boisserie and Philippe Guillaume have built a series with real grit, and this fourth chapter, drawn and inked by Juszezak, looks every bit as charged as what came before.