American Parano #1

A red-coated figure clutching a pistol stands on a dark hillside beneath a towering tree, facing down a group of suited men beside a muscle car — all bathed in an eerie crimson haze with San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge looming in the background and an ominous pentagram symbol etched into the tree above. Bourhis and Varela set a mood of paranoia, conspiracy, and lurking menace right from the first page of "Black House," the opening volume of *American Parano*. If Cold War-era shadows, occult undertones, and stylish noir tension sound like your kind of thriller, this 2024 Dupuis release is a compelling place to start.