Sheriff of Babylon #1

Tom King and Mitch Gerads launch this Vertigo crime series set against the chaos of post-invasion Baghdad, and the cover by John Paul Leon immediately establishes the mood: a lone American civilian in a vest and sunglasses stands at the center of a crowded, tension-filled street, surrounded by soldiers in desert camouflage, military vehicles, and the hazy sprawl of a city under occupation. Warren Ellis's blurb on the cover — calling it "a clever, twisting and blood-slick crime story in a place as hot and dry and lethal as any classic noir" — sets expectations perfectly for what this gritty, mature-readers series promises to deliver.