Richard Stark's Parker: The Complete Collection #[nn]

Darwyn Cooke's complete adaptation of Richard Stark's Parker arrives in one handsome volume, and the cover sets the mood perfectly — a coolly self-possessed man in a dark suit sits cigarette in hand inside what is unmistakably an open bank vault, a shotgun leaning nearby, a bag of cash at his feet, and a blonde woman in a blue dress holding a pistol standing guard at the cell door behind him. It's mid-century crime fiction distilled into a single image: unhurried, stylish, and just a little dangerous. At $69.99, this 2023 IDW collection is a genuinely satisfying way to have everything Cooke brought to Stark's world between two covers.