The Invisibles #12

Grant Morrison's boundary-pushing Vertigo series reaches its twelfth issue with a cover that demands attention: a shaven-headed figure in a dark bodysuit, pistol in hand and glowing green eyes wide with an unsettling grin, holds a bound and struggling man in a purple shirt — the tension between captor and captive rendered with striking physicality. Brian Bolland's cover art brings his characteristically polished linework to the scene, making every detail of that eerie smile and restrained figure feel uncomfortably vivid. "Counting to Five (American Death Camp Part Two)" promises the kind of mature, morally complex storytelling that made The Invisibles one of DC Vertigo's most talked-about titles in 1998.