The Boys #16

Issue sixteen of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's unflinching series presents a cover that wastes no time setting the mood: a tightly packed crowd of hard-looking men and a dark-haired woman fill the frame, armed with a bloodied cleaver, a wooden bat, a crowbar, and other blunt instruments, their expressions ranging from cold calculation to barely contained fury. The figure at the front sports distinctive goggle-style eyewear and grips a large blade, while the woman at the lower right holds that blood-stained cleaver with quiet menace — Robertson's linework giving every face a worn, dangerous weight. "Good for the Soul Part Two" promises that whatever confrontation is brewing, this crew is more than ready for it.