DMZ #11

Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's Vertigo series ventures deeper into its war-torn Manhattan with this November 2006 installment, spotlighting Zee — a young woman split right down the cover's center, one half showing her hospital staff badge and scrubs, the other draped in a Union Jack against a blood-red skyline. Falling bombs frame her portrait on both sides, and the bold title card "Zee, NYC" makes clear this issue turns its full attention to one of the DMZ's most compelling figures. Wood's own cover art delivers a striking duality that captures the tension of surviving — and serving — in a city that has become a battlefield.