The Exterminators #4

Vertigo's gritty urban pest-control series hits its fourth chapter with a cover by Philip Bond that perfectly captures the book's unsettling humor: a woman sits obliviously on a grimy couch, snacking from a bowl, while an enormous, grotesquely detailed housefly looms directly over her — its bulbous compound eyes and spindly legs dominating the frame — as smaller flies buzz around the scene. Simon Oliver and Tony Moore's "Bug Brothers" arc keeps crawling forward, and this 2006 Vertigo entry makes a strong case for the Washington Examiner's praise printed right on the cover, calling it "outstanding.