100 Bullets #16

A body floats face-down in a swimming pool, blood blooming red beneath it, while a silver-haired man in orange-tinted glasses stares upward from below the surface — Dave Johnson's striking cover for this 2014 Vertigo/Lion edition sets a mood of cold menace and inevitable consequence. Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's 100 Bullets has always thrived in the shadowy space between crime and moral ambiguity, and this collected volume promises exactly that kind of tension. A perfect entry point for readers who like their noir served ice-cold.