Empire USA #2

The cover of this 2008 Dargaud release sets an immediately tense, noir atmosphere — a shadowy figure in a long coat holds a gun in the foreground while a second figure stands illuminated by car headlights on a rain-slicked road, dark pines looming in the background. Desberg and Mounier craft a study in violet and shadow that feels cinematic and genuinely unsettling. If moody, atmospheric crime storytelling is your thing, Empire USA #2 makes a compelling case for itself right from the cover.