Graveyard of Empires #3

Three military aircraft streak across a blood-red sky in tight formation, their white contrails curving dramatically toward a dark horizon littered with scattered skulls — Paul Azaceta's starkly minimalist cover art for this third issue of Mark Sable's Afghanistan war series is quietly arresting. The bold two-tone palette of crimson and black says everything about the brutal terrain that earned its grim title, Graveyard of Empires. If the series has been on your radar, this issue's cover alone makes a compelling case to pick it up.