Sandman Mystery Theatre #45

Sandman Mystery Theatre #45 brings a cinematic flair to DC/Vertigo's noir anthology with "The Blackhawk Act One," styled as a vintage movie-serial promotion — right down to the "Filmed in Glorious Verti-Scope" badge. The cover, crafted by Gavin Wilson and Richard Bruning, features a brooding figure in aviator goggles and flight gear staring intensely from the frame, with bold tagline copy promising an army at the borders, a murderer on the loose, and one lone aviator — Janos Prohaska as the Blackhawk — battling perilous skies. Matt Wagner and Steven T. Seagle's script, with art by Matthew Smith, kicks off what promises to be a thrilling new adventure serial within this mature-readers series.