Fearless #2

The cover of this 2007 Image series pulls no punches: a battered, armored figure crouches in exhausted defiance amid a sea of scattered debris, set against a blood-red backdrop that radiates tension and consequence. PJ Holden's cover art conveys a man pushed to his absolute limit — the hunched posture, the wear on his gear, the mess surrounding him all telling a story of hard-won survival. With Mark Sable and David Roth at the helm, Fearless #2 looks like exactly the kind of gritty, unrelenting action series that makes Image Comics such fertile ground for bold storytelling.