Velvet #10

Velvet #10 brings part five of "The Secret Lives of Dead Men" to a tense, rain-soaked close with a cover that practically crackles with danger — Velvet herself dominates the foreground, long dark hair streaked with white, pistol raised and steady, while an armed figure fires back at her through the downpour behind her. The tagline "She's out for blood or a knife in the back" captures the cold-war espionage stakes that Brubaker, Epting, and Breitweiser have been building across this arc. Steve Epting's painterly cover work gives the whole scene a moody, cinematic weight that makes this 2015 Image series feel genuinely essential.