Sherlock Holmes: Year One #5

The fifth chapter of Dynamite's Sherlock Holmes: Year One arrives with a cover by Francesco Francavilla that sets a quietly tense mood — a young, dark-clad Holmes crouches low against a brick wall amid coiled ropes, his wary gaze cutting sideways as though he's the one being observed rather than doing the observing. The cover's subtitle, "Watching the Detectives," plays perfectly against that guarded posture, suggesting that even the world's greatest detective has reason to watch his back. With Scott Beatty writing and Daniel Indro on art, this 2011 series continues its atmospheric look at Holmes's formative years in fine style.