Malcolm Max #1

Set against a moonlit graveyard of stone crosses and tangled branches, this opening chapter of the three-part Malcolm Max series introduces two striking figures — a pale, dark-haired woman perched atop a coffin and a lantern-bearing young man in the foreground — rendered in Ingo Römling's richly atmospheric sepia-toned linework. Writer Peter Mennigen's "Body Snatchers" promises gothic intrigue from the very first page, with the graveyard setting leaving little doubt that the dead won't be resting easy. A compelling start to what looks like a darkly stylish supernatural series.