Ruse #4

CrossGen's beloved Victorian detective series gets a fresh start under Marvel's banner with this 2011 revival written by Mark Waid with art by Mirco Pierfederici. The cover by Butch Guice and Mike Perkins sets the tone perfectly: a steely, cane-wielding detective stands imposingly in black while his sharp-eyed female companion — dressed in a torn blue Victorian gown and looking every bit his equal — surveys what appears to be a field of fallen bodies around them. That tagline says it all: "He's the World's Greatest Detective. She's even better.