Hitman #28

John McCrea's cover for Hitman #28 pulls no punches — a figure reels backward in a violent, blood-soaked burst of red and black, a dropped pistol tumbling nearby as chaos explodes across the page. Garth Ennis and McCrea's Gotham underworld series was never shy about consequences, and this visceral July 1998 image sets an appropriately grim tone for "Door into the Dark." If you're already along for the ride with Tommy Monaghan and company, this issue looks like exactly the kind of hard-hitting chapter you've come to expect.