100 Bullets: Brother Lono #5

The fifth chapter of this eight-part Vertigo miniseries brings writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso back to the world of 100 Bullets with unmistakable style. Dave Johnson's cover frames Lono as an almost saintly — or perhaps blasphemous — figure rendered within a stained-glass window, cigarette clenched in his teeth and twin pistols crossed over his chest, the cracked glass bearing the words "Los Hijos de la Sangre." It's a striking, tension-loaded image that balances sacred iconography against barely contained violence, setting the tone perfectly for this mature-readers thriller.