The Exterminators #19

A giant cockroach dominates a U.S. one-dollar bill at the center of this striking Vertigo cover by Tony Moore, surrounded by a scattered pile of aerosol cans — the perfect visual shorthand for a series about the unglamorous, creepy-crawly world of pest control. Simon Oliver's "Crossfire and Collateral: Chapter One" kicks off what sounds like a new story arc, with art by Darick Robertson and inks by John Lucas bringing the interior to life. Booklist called it "a comics classic in the making," and covers like this make it easy to see why the book earned that kind of praise in 2007.