Velvet #6

Velvet Templeton stands cool and unyielding against a sketched London skyline — rifle in hand, dressed head-to-toe in black, that distinctive streak of white in her dark hair announcing she's no one to underestimate. The tagline says it all: "In a world of lies, she'd kill to find the truth." Brubaker, Epting, and Breitweiser open a brand-new arc with this 2014 issue, and the measured confidence of Steve Epting's cover makes a compelling case for what spy fiction looks like when it's firing on all cylinders.