Red Herring #1

WildStorm's Red Herring kicks off in October 2009 with a cover by Philip Bond that sets an immediately tense, rain-soaked tone: a young woman clutches what appears to be a recording device as she sprints through a stormy night, the U.S. Capitol building looming behind her and a brooding, grey-skinned figure's face looming even larger in the shadows above. Writer David Tischman and artist Philip Bond look to be delivering a sharp, politically charged thriller with this series, and that story title — "Blue Makes Her Look Fat" — hints at a wit running underneath the danger. If you like your conspiracy stories grounded in real-world settings with a dash of dark humor, this first issue deserves a place in your pull list.