Lady S. #7

A determined blonde woman in a beige suit strides forward, pistol in hand, as a blazing inferno of burning wreckage fills the background behind her — and a pair of watchful eyes loom ominously above the title, suggesting she's far from alone. This seventh volume of Lady S., written by Jean Van Hamme with art and cover by Philippe Aymond, brings the spy thriller series to a dramatic tension-filled moment captured beautifully in that fiery 2011 image. "Een lange seconde" — "A Long Second" — promises the kind of cool-under-pressure espionage atmosphere that has made this Dupuis series such a compelling read.