Il Commissario Spada #1

A city-noir atmosphere crackles across this 2002 Black Velvet release, with Gianni De Luca's painted cover depicting a sharply dressed man clinging to the hood of a yellow car at night, gun in hand, while a startled figure cowers inside — all rendered in rich, moody color against a glittering urban backdrop. Writer Gianluigi Gonano and artist Gianni De Luca launch Il Commissario Spada with a story titled "Il ladro d'uranio" (The Uranium Thief), promising the kind of hardboiled intrigue that the cover's kinetic tension delivers in spades. If Italian crime comics with cinematic flair are your thing, this opening chapter looks like a very compelling place to start.