Jonny Double #2

The cover tagline says it all — "Everything came off without a hitch… except the heist" — and Mark Chiarello's sharp, noir-drenched art delivers on that promise, staging three armed figures looming over a prone man in a striking split composition of gold and red. Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's Jonny Double is Vertigo crime fiction at its most stripped-down and stylish, and this second chapter of "Two-Finger Discount" keeps the tension coiled tight. If you like your private-eye stories with a cool, hard edge, this 1998 four-issue series deserves a spot on your shelf.