The Boys #54

Darick Robertson's cover for issue #54 sets a somber, wartime tone: a battle-hardened soldier in a heavy coat and steel helmet stares grimly forward, while behind him a group of fellow soldiers and a tank sit amid a snow-covered landscape, all framed by a sweeping American flag. It's a striking, painterly image that feels more like a WWII memorial than a superhero cover — exactly the kind of unexpected storytelling that makes Garth Ennis's The Boys so compelling. "Barbary Coast Part Three" continues the series' mature, unflinching approach, with John McCrea and Keith Burns handling interior art duties for this 2011 Dynamite chapter.