Born #4

The cover of this Marvel MAX finale says everything without saying a word: a soldier's cracked, battle-worn helmet rests over a figure whose bloodied hands press against his own face, the image radiating exhaustion, grief, and something quietly devastating. Wieslaw Walkuski's painted cover work is extraordinarily evocative, turning a simple composition into a portrait of the full weight war places on a human being. With Garth Ennis writing and Darick Robertson and Tom Palmer handling interior art, "The Last Day" promises a gut-honest conclusion to one of 2003's most unsparing Vietnam stories.