The Invisibles #13

The Invisibles #13 arrives from DC Vertigo in February 1998 with a Brian Bolland cover that practically embodies the series' gleeful contradiction — four figures crowd the frame as a bald, sunglasses-wearing man grips a wide-eyed redhead with elaborate face paint, while a nervous green-haired youth and a composed blonde look on, all surrounded by competing speech bubbles urging revolution, consumption, and obedience in equal measure. That sardonic headline — "For Sale! Anarchy for the Masses!" — says everything about the wit Grant Morrison brings to this series. With interior art by Phil Jimenez and John Stokes on "Counting to Ten (American Death Camp Part Three)," this is Vertigo operating at full, beautifully subversive energy.