Battlefields: The Night Witches #1

Garth Ennis and Russ Braun launch a three-part World War II story with this striking first issue from Dynamite, its Gary Leach cover split boldly between Soviet red and propaganda-poster imagery — a goggled female aviator strides forward against a hammer-and-sickle backdrop above a shadowy mass of helmeted soldiers pressing forward in the dark below. The visual contrast immediately signals the tension at the heart of this story: the daring women of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment set against the grinding machinery of war. It's a mature-rated, thoughtfully framed opening chapter that promises the kind of ground-level WWII storytelling Ennis does with real care.