Human Target #6

Peter Milligan's Vertigo thriller reaches its sixth issue with a cover by Cliff Chiang that says everything without saying a word: a priest clutching a rosary in quiet prayer has a gun pressed to his temple by an unseen hand, the burnt-orange background making the tension feel almost unbearable. The story title "For I Have Sinned" adds a layer of dark irony that pairs perfectly with that image of faith meeting cold steel. If you've been following this series, this 2004 issue looks like exactly the kind of morally charged chapter the book's mature-readers mandate was made for.