Lady Killer

Joëlle Jones’ sleek, darkly comic series for Dark Horse follows a seemingly perfect 1960s housewife who moonlights as a ruthless contract killer. Launched in 2015, this five-issue debut run blends mid-century suburban aesthetics with violent espionage, co-written by Jones and Jamie S. Rich, with Jones’ sharp, stylish art defining the book’s cool, unsettling tone. Its taut, subversive premise—domesticity as a cover for deadly precision—makes it a standout in modern crime comics.