Case Files: Sam & Twitch #16

Sam and Twitch are the mismatched heart of the Spawn universe's street-level crime fiction, and this 2005 Image Comics issue captures their dynamic perfectly through Greg Capullo's cover art. The heavyset Twitch stands front and center, cigar clamped in his teeth, both arms raised holding shotguns with absolute authority, while the lean, red-haired Sam stands at his back, revolver in hand and expression cool as stone. "Ancient Chinese Secret, Huh? Part 3" promises hard-edged tension, and Marc Andreyko and E. J. Su deliver the kind of gritty detective storytelling that makes this series such a satisfying read.