Hard Time #5

From DC's Focus imprint comes this 2004 entry in Steve Gerber and Brian Hurtt's gritty prison drama. Hurtt's cover pulls you right up to the cell bars, where a young man grips the iron with one glowing, supernatural eye burning through the darkness — while fragmented images of fists, a gun, and scattered papers crowd the panels above. It's a striking visual that makes the title Hard Time feel immediate and personal, promising a series that takes both its setting and its characters seriously.