Jon Sable, Freelance: Bloodtrail #2

Jon Sable, Freelance: Bloodtrail #2 (2005, IDW) delivers a raw, unflinching look at a man unraveling—Jon Sable, drowning in alcohol and haunted by the past. Flashbacks reveal the brutal loss of his family in Africa and the violent path of vengeance that followed, while the present finds him targeted again in a deadly game involving Jacob Inyati and a secret he’s desperate to protect. With Mike Grell handling every aspect of the interior art and inks, and Lovern Kindzierski’s colors grounding the story’s grim tone, this issue deepens the mystery with quiet intensity. The cover by Mike Grell captures Sable’s isolation in stark, evocative detail.