Army@Love #3

Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine's cover for this 2007 Vertigo series captures the series' sharp blend of military life and provocative satire in a single striking image — a close-up profile of a dark-haired woman in a military cap and ammunition bandolier, her vivid red lips parted just inches from the smoking barrel of a gun. The tagline "Personal Victory!" and the "Motivation & Morale" banner frame the image with the series' signature mix of wartime rhetoric and dark irony. Army@Love's third issue promises the same fearless, adult-skewing storytelling that made this Vertigo run a genuinely bold entry in 2007's comics landscape.