I.R.$. #18

A steely-eyed silver-haired man in a dark suit dominates the foreground of Bernard Vrancken's cover, while the shadowy face of a woman looms large behind him against a stormy, lightning-charged sky — the title "Kate's Hell" making it clear she's central to whatever danger crackles through this eighteenth volume of I.R.$. Desberg and Vrancken's long-running series about financial crime and espionage looks as tense and stylish as ever in this 2017 entry, with the brooding atmosphere promising high stakes and moral complexity. Fans of Euro-style thriller comics will find plenty to draw them in here.