Case Files: Sam & Twitch #10

Sam and Twitch are caught dead-center in a firefight on this intense cover by Greg Capullo — the stocky, red-tied Sam blazing away with a pistol in each hand while the wild-haired, goggle-eyed Twitch fires his revolver overhead against a backdrop of billowing orange smoke and chaos. It's a vivid snapshot of the "Hard-Edged Crime Fiction" promise the series wears proudly, with Marc Andreyko and Paul Lee delivering "Skeletons, Part 4" as these two mismatched detectives push deeper into whatever trouble has them shooting their way out. If you've been following this 2004 Image series, this issue looks like a satisfying escalation of the tension.