Army@Love #7

Vertigo's sharp-edged war satire Army@Love hits issue #7 with a cover that perfectly captures its absurdist tone: three fully-armed soldiers in bright chartreuse combat gear kick up their heels in a synchronized dance routine against a backdrop of burning urban streets and billowing black smoke. The tagline "When You're a Grunt, You're a Grunt!" hanging over the chaos says everything about this series' gleeful skewering of military culture and consumer-age warfare. Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine deliver a cover that's equal parts Busby Berkeley and combat zone — and the Village Voice quote calling it "breathtakingly satirical" is hard to argue with.