Le maître de Benson Gate #3

The third volume of Le maître de Benson Gate arrives with a title — "Le sang noir" — that sets a dark, brooding tone perfectly matched by Renaud Garreta's striking cover: a lone figure in a wide-brimmed hat and open shirt, shotgun in hand, stands against a hazy sky dominated by oil derricks, suggesting a world where petroleum wealth and menace go hand in hand. Fabien Nury's noir-tinged series continues to build its atmosphere of power and danger in the American oil country, and this 2011 Dargaud entry looks every bit as tense and cinematic as the volumes before it.