Velvet #15

The fifth chapter of "The Man Who Stole the World" arrives in this 2016 installment of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's Cold War espionage series. Epting's cover is quietly gripping — Velvet rendered in close profile, dark-clad and composed, raising a pistol against a murky teal-green background, her face caught in a warm golden light that makes the tension feel almost intimate. It's the kind of image that captures exactly what makes this series so compelling: a protagonist who carries danger with unmistakable poise.