The Unwritten #29

The Unwritten #29 channels the mood of a vintage pulp paperback, with Yuko Shimizu's cover depicting a glamorous woman in a red dress seated on a bed, a pistol at her side and a pearl necklace at her throat, while a suited man lurks in a doorway behind her — all underscored by the tagline "Justice Never Sleeps." The promise of "20 pages of thrilling mystery" fits perfectly with this noir-soaked aesthetic that the series so brilliantly mines. Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Vince Locke continue their four-part "On to Genesis" arc in this November 2011 Vertigo installment, delivering the kind of layered storytelling that keeps readers eagerly turning pages.