The Boys #2

Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys #2 from WildStorm sets the tone perfectly with a cover that lays out a spread of black-and-white surveillance photos — multiple individuals including one labeled "Butcher" — fanned out beneath a prominently stamped CLASSIFIED dossier, the whole scene edged with an unsettling wash of red. It's a quietly sinister composition that suggests someone, somewhere, has been doing very careful homework on a very dangerous group of people. Robertson's cover art gives the series an espionage-thriller grittiness that pairs well with Ennis's reputation for sharp, unflinching storytelling.