Red Hood and the Outlaws #24

The cover of issue #24 says it all: "Heroes don't kill… but they're NOT heroes!" — a declaration that frames Red Hood, gun blazing in the foreground, and Artemis wielding her weapon at his side, as a very different breed of operative. Looming above them in a shattered circular frame is a grim-faced Superman, cape sweeping dramatically behind him, creating an unmistakable tension between the Man of Steel's moral code and the Outlaws' more ruthless approach. Trevor Hairsine's cover art captures that conflict with real energy, and with Scott Lobdell, Dexter Soy, Alisson Borges, and Veronica Gandini on the creative team, this 2018 entry in the series delivers the kind of morally charged atmosphere that makes this title so compelling.