The Filth #2

The second chapter of Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, and Gary Erskine's mature-readers Vertigo series arrives with a cover by Carlos Segura that's as coolly unsettling as the title suggests — a bullet-riddled shooting-range silhouette target above the bold masthead, and a pair of bare feet tagged with a skull-and-crossbones toe tag below, all laid out in stark graphic bands of white, blue, and red. "Perfect Victim" is the subtitle, and Segura's design-forward composition makes that phrase feel both clinical and quietly ominous. For readers who appreciate comics that treat the page as a genuine design object, this 2002 issue earns a second look before you've even opened it.