The Call of Duty: The Precinct #5

This fifth and final chapter of Marvel's gritty 2003 police procedural miniseries arrives with unmistakable tension — Tom Mandrake's cover renders a steely-eyed officer in full uniform, pistol leveled directly at the viewer against a bullet-scarred wall, the monochromatic palette giving the whole image a raw, documentary weight. It's a fittingly stark close-up for a series that treated its badge-wearing characters with the same serious dramatic attention usually reserved for costumed heroes. Bruce Jones and Mandrake bring The Precinct to its conclusion with a cover that makes clear there's nothing routine about answering the call of duty.