Sheriff of Babylon #9

Tom King and Mitch Gerads's unflinching Vertigo crime series continues with issue #9, "You'll Hang Here." John Paul Leon's cover assembles a layered collage of tension — a composed woman's face dominates the right, while soldiers, armed figures, two men in close confrontation, a wired device, and map fragments press in around them, evoking the moral and physical chaos of occupied Baghdad. Doomrocket called it "well on its way to joining the shortlist of Vertigo's best," and this issue looks every bit the part.