James Bond 007 #5

Issue five of Greg Pak and Stephen Mooney's run on James Bond 007 arrives with a cover by Dave Johnson that pulls no punches — a steely-eyed Bond dominates the frame, framed by a cracked pink heart and hypnotic spiral, his hands raised in a tense, ready posture that suggests danger is very much at hand. A filmstrip-style row of silhouetted action poses runs across the bottom, evoking the kinetic energy of classic spy-film title sequences. Tríona Farrell's coloring gives the whole composition a striking, moody contrast that makes this fifth chapter of Pak's story hard to set back down on the shelf.