Black Op #5

The fifth volume of Desberg and Labiano's spy thriller series brings the tension to London, with Big Ben and a classic red telephone box looming through a moody, near-monochromatic nightscape that practically breathes Cold War atmosphere. The tagline promises high stakes — "In less than six hours, the end of the Russian mafia in the United States" — setting up a race-against-the-clock scenario with transatlantic reach. Labiano's brooding, cinematic cover art makes this 2009 Dargaud release impossible to overlook on any shelf.