Grand Passion #5

The penultimate chapter of James Robinson's crime-romance series arrives with a cover by John Cassaday that lays out the series' volatile mix in five vivid panels: a knife-wielding figure lunging through green smoke up top, a smiling man rendered in golden tones, a building erupting in fiery orange, a woman's intense blue-lit gaze, a soft pink vignette with flowers, and a bloodied man leveling a revolver front and center. That flaming heart logo anchoring the title says everything about where Grand Passion lives — right at the collision of violence and desire. Dynamite's Mature Readers label is well earned, and Cassaday's composition makes this fifth issue feel like everything is finally coming to a head.