Jonah Hex #26

The subtitle "Four Little Pigs: A Grindhouse Western" sets the tone perfectly for this raw, unflinching issue from writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti. The cover by penciler Giuseppe Camuncoli and inker Stefano Landini delivers an immediate gut-punch: a scarred, snarling brute grips a blood-soaked cleaver and a wooden beam, his ruined face filling nearly the entire frame, while a cool, armed woman is reflected in the blade's surface behind him. It's a beautifully brutal composition that captures the gritty, exploitation-influenced spirit of DC's most dangerous bounty hunter and his world.