Four Horsemen #2

The second chapter of DC/Vertigo's Four Horsemen miniseries zeroes in on War, and Esad Ribić's cover makes the concept viscerally immediate — an armored, glowing-eyed figure thrusts a sword skyward above a modern city skyline, dark shadowy forms and scattered currency swirling around him like a storm made flesh. Robert Rodi's script and Ribić's painted interiors bring an apocalyptic mythology crashing into a contemporary urban setting, and this "Book 2: War" installment keeps that tension right at the surface. A striking piece of turn-of-the-millennium Vertigo storytelling that earns its mature-readers label.