Battlefields #2

Carlos Ezquerra's cover for this 2012 Dynamite issue pulls no punches — two soldiers in full WWII-era kit are locked in a fierce, face-to-face struggle, while a wide-eyed comrade looks on in alarm, a rifle slung at his side. The raw physicality on display sets the tone perfectly for Garth Ennis's "The Green Fields Beyond," a war story that clearly has no shortage of grit and tension. With Ennis at the helm and Ezquerra's expressive, visceral linework bringing it all to life, this is the kind of boots-in-the-mud war comic that reminds you why the genre endures.