3 Guns #2

The cover of 3 Guns #2 from Boom! Studios sets up a tense three-way standoff with real style — two men facing each other with handguns drawn while a cool-headed blonde woman stands between them, assault rifle in hand, looking like the one actually in control of the situation. In the foreground, a handshake between a sleeve bearing American stars-and-stripes and another marked with a Soviet hammer-and-sickle hints at shadowy geopolitical stakes beneath the street-level tension. Rafael Albuquerque's clean, confident linework gives the whole scene a crisp, thriller-movie energy that makes this 2013 series from Steven Grant and Emilio Laiso easy to pick up.