Mercy Sparx #3

The third volume of Mercy Sparx: Family Roots (of All Evil) brings a striking visual confrontation right to the cover — a green-haired angel with a golden halo squares off against a crimson-skinned, winged devil woman who smokes with cool indifference, the two figures pressed together in vivid red-and-white contrast. Blaylock and Merhoff's series continues to play with the push and pull between heavenly and hellish forces, and this 2015 collection packages that tension in one eye-catching image. Fans of supernatural action with a darkly playful edge will find plenty to appreciate here.