Millennium Saga #1

Based on Stieg Larsson's celebrated novels, this Dutch-language graphic novel adaptation brings the Millennium world to the comics page courtesy of Ortega and Runberg. The cover is dominated by a fierce, dark-haired young woman in a leather jacket, cross necklace, and worn jeans — unmistakably channeling Lisbeth Salander's defiant attitude as she stares out with cold intensity. Koude zielen ("Cold Souls") opens this three-part saga, and if this striking 2016 Dupuis release is any indication, the adaptation captures every bit of the source material's edge.