Sheriff of Babylon #7

Tom King and Mitch Gerads' gritty Vertigo series continues with issue #7, featuring a haunting cover by John Paul Leon that sets a tense, suffocating mood. A bloodied man slumps forward in a chair at the center of the image, head bowed under obvious strain, while a second figure sits restrained in the background and an armed, masked soldier stands watch near a doorway — the whole scene radiating quiet dread in muted, earthy tones. "One Fish, Two Fish" promises the same unflinching look at post-invasion Baghdad that earned the series praise from Comic Book Resources as feeling like "a first step on a bridge, because its truths are universal.