Sam and Twitch #17

The gritty streets of New York set the stage as the Spawn universe's two hardboiled detectives, Sam and Twitch, stand back-to-back in a tense urban standoff — Sam's heavyset frame and loose tie contrasting with Twitch's lean, sharp-suited silhouette, pistol raised. A mysterious dark-haired woman looms in the foreground, her half-visible face adding a cool undercurrent of intrigue to Ashley Wood's moody, sepia-washed cover art. With Brian Michael Bendis writing and Alex Maleev illustrating, "Bounty Hunter Wars Part III" promises the kind of street-level crime noir that made this series a standout corner of the Image lineup in 2000.