American Carnage #7

American Carnage #7 arrives in 2019 as DC Vertigo's unflinching crime series continues with "Judgment." Ben Oliver's striking cover composition looks down from above at a prone, shirtless figure lying on a stark red-and-blue divided floor, a massive hypodermic needle looming beside them and an open canister bearing the series' flag-styled logo tumbled nearby — a quietly devastating image that speaks to desperation and consequence without saying a word. Bryan Hill's writing and Leandro Fernández's art, colored by Dean White, make this one of Vertigo's most grounded and tension-filled ongoing series of the year.