The Circle #3

Brian Reed and Ian Hosfeld's spy-thriller series from Image continues with "The Goliath Trap, Part 3," and the cover alone makes a powerful statement. Ian Hosfeld's artwork depicts a tense, high-stakes confrontation: a blonde woman in combat gear stands over a second woman forced to her knees, pressing a pistol to her head against a smoldering red backdrop. It's a striking, photorealistic composition that earns every word of the Ain't It Cool News praise quoted right there on the cover — "good plot, good writing, good artwork… this has plenty of all three.