Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie #1

Dynamite's 2017 reimagining of these beloved mystery icons gets a striking start with "The Big Lie" #1, written by Anthony Del Col with art by Werther Dell'Edera. Fay Dalton's cover is immediately arresting — the silhouette of a blonde woman (Nancy Drew, unmistakably) looms large against a white background, her form framing an interrogation-room scene within, where two young men who can only be the Hardy Boys sit handcuffed at a table under harsh overhead lights, a figure lurking in the shadows behind them. It's a moody, noir-drenched composition that signals this isn't your childhood's Nancy Drew — something has gone very wrong, and the truth looks complicated.