DMZ #38

DMZ #38 kicks off the second chapter of the "War Powers" arc with a cover by John Paul Leon that captures the eerie, lived-in atmosphere of a city under siege — a muted urban streetscape where several figures carrying umbrellas and bags move quietly beneath an overpass, the surrounding buildings rendered in pale, ghostly tones. That contrast between ordinary civilian life and an implied tension feels entirely at home in Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli's vision of a war-torn Manhattan. For readers following this Vertigo series in 2009, it's a quietly compelling image that sets the mood for whatever escalation "War Powers" has in store.