DMZ #24

DMZ #24 brings a striking close-up portrait to the foreground — a young woman's face rendered in bold graphic strokes against a deep red background, her name, "Amina," written beneath her in both Arabic script and Roman letters. Brian Wood's cover art is spare and arresting, using shadow and ornamental detail to give her a presence that feels both intimate and monumental. This December 2007 Vertigo entry, with interior art by Riccardo Burchielli, makes a compelling case that the series remains one of the most visually distinctive mature-readers titles on the stands.