Point Blank #5

The five-issue Point Blank miniseries reaches its conclusion with a cover by Simon Bisley that pulls no punches — a looming, grimly intense figure towers over a rain-soaked cityscape, while two puppet-like figures dangle below, their wooden, jointed limbs suggesting lives pulled by invisible strings. It's a striking visual metaphor rendered in Bisley's richly atmospheric painted style, mixing unease and noir menace in equal measure. Ed Brubaker and Colin Wilson bring this WildStorm mature-readers thriller to its close in 2003, and this final chapter promises the kind of dark, grounded storytelling that defined the series throughout.