Le Chevalier d'Eon #4

Volume four of this striking manga adaptation presents a cover that immediately arrests the eye — a porcelain-faced girl in an elaborate pink lolita dress, adorned with roses, stares out with unsettling blue eyes against a fragmented, text-strewn background slashed by a bold red diagonal. The tension between the doll-like delicacy of her appearance and that quietly eerie gaze hints at the darker currents running beneath this series' 18th-century intrigue. With story by Tou Ubukata and manga by Kiriko Yumeji, this 2014 Kodansha USA release is a beautifully designed entry in a series that blends gothic atmosphere with historical mystery.