Richard Stark's Parker #3

Richard Stark's master thief returns in The Score, the third volume of IDW's acclaimed Parker series, adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke. The cover sets an audacious tone: a silhouetted ensemble of armed figures stands in the foreground, surveying what appears to be an aerial map or blueprint of an entire town spread out behind them — the sheer scale of the job hinting at something far more ambitious than a simple heist. Cooke's atmospheric, noir-drenched artwork makes this 2012 hardcover a compelling addition to any crime comics shelf.