The Manhattan Projects #24

The minimalist cover design here says everything with elegant economy: nine rifle bullets arranged in a row against a warm orange field, one singled out in deep purple — a lone odd round amid identical white ones, evoking the deadly chance of "Texas Roulette." Jonathan Hickman's stark graphic cover art, colored by Jordie Bellaire, distills the series' unsettling premise — that the Manhattan Project was a front for stranger, darker programs — into a single, quietly unnerving image. With Hickman writing and Nick Pitarra on interior art, this 2014 Image series continues its razor-sharp blend of alt-history paranoia and dark wit.