Army@Love #8

Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine's cover for this 2007 Vertigo series captures the series' sharp satirical spirit perfectly: a sharply dressed couple clutching cocktail glasses and smiling blissfully at each other while drone aircraft circle overhead and a massive fireball consumes the city skyline behind them. The juxtaposition of romance-novel glamour — pink roses, a golden gown, an easy embrace — against full-scale military chaos is exactly the kind of absurdist tension the L.A. Times called satire that "explodes in all directions." If you've been looking for a mature readers series that skewers war, desire, and spin culture all at once, Army@Love #8 is a very good place to dive in.