The Good Asian #9

The penultimate issue of this acclaimed noir series arrives with a cover that practically crackles with tension — a bandaged man, blood at his eye, levels a revolver directly at the viewer while white feathers drift around him, and a cool, watchful blonde looks on from an amber-toned panel at the right. The stark black-and-yellow hazard-stripe background gives the whole composition a sense of impending collision, perfectly suited to a story steeped in 1930s San Francisco danger. At $3.99 from Image, this is neo-noir storytelling by Pichetshote, Tefenkgi, Loughridge, and Powell firing on all cylinders heading into its finale.