Outsiders #45

The "Family Man" story arc hits its second chapter in this April 2007 installment of DC's Outsiders, with Winick, Barberi, and Thibert delivering the goods inside. Matthew Clark's cover says everything about the stakes: a grim-faced man clutches a young child to his chest while a red laser sight's crosshairs lock onto them both, the quiet dread of that targeting reticle doing more dramatic work than any action pose could. It's a tense, intimate image that frames personal danger and protective instinct as the heart of this chapter in the "Sins of the Father" storyline.