Faker #3

Faker #3 from Vertigo's 2007 mature-readers lineup brings a quietly unsettling cover by Jock: six human faces peer out from between a rack of colorful laboratory test tubes, each person color-coded to the liquid in their vessel as though they themselves are specimens under examination. It's a striking visual metaphor that pairs beautifully with Mike Carey's writing, suggesting questions of identity, authenticity, and what it means to be genuinely human. If you're following this six-part series, this midpoint issue promises the story is deepening in all the right ways.