Bad Girls #5

The finale of DC's five-issue miniseries arrives with a cover by Darwyn Cooke that perfectly captures the series' breezy, animated sensibility — a blonde girl in a blue plaid skirt has clearly just crashed through a concrete floor, lying sprawled amid the cracks beside an upended manhole cover, her only comment a deadpan "Ouch." It's a wonderfully comic image that balances stylish design with a wink at the chaos driving the story to its conclusion, "All Bad Things Must Come to an End." With the creative team of Steve Vance, Christine Norrie, J. Bone, and Daniel Krall bringing it home, this 2004 issue wraps up the series with undeniable flair.