Return to Perdition #[nn]

A Marines-inscribed lighter ignites a photograph in the foreground while two suited men — one brandishing a tommy gun — are caught in a flash of flame on this striking Lee Bermejo cover for Return to Perdition. Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty bring their crime noir sensibility to this Vertigo Crime hardcover, set against the shadowy world of gangsters and old grudges. It's a moody, atmospheric package that earns its "finest end to a comic saga" praise right from the cover alone.