Punk Rock Jesus #2

Sean Murphy's Punk Rock Jesus continues its provocative six-part Vertigo series with issue #2, "Genesis." The cover — rendered entirely by Murphy in stark black, white, and blood red — presents a framed tableau of two striking figures: a heavily tattooed, shirtless man whose back is covered in cross tattoos and who clutches a rifle, alongside a dark-haired young man with a haunted expression, all set against a DNA double helix that underscores the series' science-and-faith tension. It's a visually arresting composition that makes clear this mature-readers title isn't pulling any punches in 2012.