Sleeper: Season Two #2

Sean Phillips's cover for this 2004 Wildstorm Universe entry sets the tone immediately: a hard-eyed man in a dark coat stands gun drawn over two bloodied, fallen figures, the whole scene framed by an ominous targeting reticle against a deep red background. It's a stark, film-noir composition that captures the morally compromised world Ed Brubaker and Phillips built around this series. "Faith, Hope and Charity" sounds like a title dripping with irony, which fits perfectly with what this cover promises.