Stray Bullets: Killers #3

David Lapham's Stray Bullets: Killers #3 presents a cover as stripped-down and unnerving as the series itself — a close-up of a blond young man in a red El Capitán shirt, his expression somewhere between a squint and a smirk, holding up three fingers directly at the viewer. The minimalist design puts all the tension on that face and gesture, perfectly in tune with the story title "The Five Fingers." With Lapham handling every creative role himself, this 2014 Image release is a compact showcase of his signature noir sensibility.