Preacher #45

Glenn Fabry's cover for this January 1999 Vertigo issue places a lone, road-worn man leaning against a vehicle on a rocky overlook, gazing down at a small desert town — a church steeple and weathered buildings nestled beneath dramatic mesa country skies. A scruffy dog looks up at him from the rocks below, lending the scene an oddly quiet, almost contemplative mood that contrasts with the weight this series tends to carry. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon continue their run with "Southern Cross," and the cover's dusty southwestern atmosphere promises the kind of grounded, road-weary storytelling that has made Preacher one of Vertigo's most compelling ongoing series.