Velvet #13

Velvet crouches poised and watchful on a rain-slicked rooftop ledge, clad in black, her distinctive dark hair streaked with white as she cradles a sniper rifle with practiced calm — Steve Epting's cover art captures the series' signature blend of elegance and cold-blooded tension beautifully. Ed Brubaker and Epting's spy thriller continues its third chapter of "The Man Who Stole the World," and this quietly atmospheric image says everything about why this series stands apart from the crowded espionage genre. Elizabeth Breitweiser's muted, overcast palette gives the whole composition a real cinematic weight that's hard to shake.