Sherlock Holmes: Year One #2

Dynamite's Sherlock Holmes: Year One continues with issue #2, subtitled "Beware the Ides of March," and Francesco Francavilla's cover sets a wonderfully atmospheric scene: a young Holmes, magnifying glass in hand, examines a bloodied body laid out on a draped surface, while a stern elderly man in a Roman toga clutches a dagger nearby and a classical bust stands watch in the background. The warm ochre palette and Roman-inflected staging give the whole image a theatrical, antiquarian tension that feels perfectly suited to a younger, still-developing Holmes on an early case. It's an inviting package from a creative team that includes writer Scott Beatty and artist Daniel Indro on the interior pages.