Houdini: The Handcuff King (Hyperion £10.99) by Jason Lutes and Nick Bertozzi is a fun biography of another man with pretensions to machismo. The story wisely focuses on one of his stunts, when he leaps off a bridge, handcuffed and manacled, into the icy waters of the Charles river, in Boston. As the panels become elongated to suggest his descent into the murky depths, you'll find yourself holding your breath too.