DMZ #2

This second volume of Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli, and Jeromy Cox's DMZ announces itself with striking graphic force — a lone armed soldier standing atop a mountain of skulls, beneath the stark inscription commemorating the deaths of 198 innocent New Yorkers "at the hands of their government." Layered panels of a war-scarred cityscape, a red-starred white cross, and haunting close-up faces rendered in deep greens and reds give the cover a raw, politically charged urgency that feels as relevant as ever in 2017. A genuinely compelling package from Vertigo and Urban Comics for anyone drawn to bold, socially minded storytelling.