DMZ #53

Part three of the "M.I.A." arc arrives in this 2010 Vertigo entry in Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli's gritty series. John Paul Leon's cover distills the tension perfectly — a lone figure stands against a crumbling brick wall, hands bound behind his back, wearing a shirt marked with an ominous X, while bold diagonal slashes dominate the stark yellow-and-black composition. It's a striking, minimalist image that captures the series' signature feeling of isolation inside a city on the edge.