Midnight of the Soul #2

Howard Chaykin brings his signature noir sensibility to this second issue of Midnight of the Soul, set against a faded New York City street map backdrop that immediately roots the story in urban unease. The cover, penciled and inked by Chaykin himself, puts a brooding man in a black leather jacket front and center — gloved hands gripping a revolver, his expression cool and guarded, with what appears to be a motorcycle or vehicle nearby. It's a quietly tense image that promises the kind of hard-edged, morally complicated storytelling Chaykin has long made his own.