Point Blank #4

The penultimate chapter of Ed Brubaker and Colin Wilson's five-part crime thriller arrives with a cover by Simon Bisley that pulls no punches — a blindfolded, bound figure is pinned down with a pistol pressed hard against his head, the grim industrial backdrop suggesting there's nowhere left to run. It's a visceral, close-quarters image that captures the series' relentless tension perfectly. Published under WildStorm's mature-readers Eye of the Storm imprint in 2003, this is hard-boiled comics storytelling with real stakes.