Secret Six #6

Part of DC's 2009 "Origins & Omens" crossover event, Secret Six #6 closes out the "Unhinged" arc with a story titled "Compound Fracture" — and Nicola Scott's cover makes clear the team has been through the wringer. A battered, blood-soaked figure in a red costume and mask crawls desperately along a road under a burning orange sky, cape torn and costume shredded, every inch radiating grim determination. It's a striking image that captures the relentless, no-glamour tone Gail Simone brings to this morally complicated corner of the DC Universe.