The Names #6

Issue six of nine in Peter Milligan and Leandro Fernández's sharp Vertigo crime series finds the story at a tense midpoint with "The Surgeon's Cut, Part III." Celia Calle's striking cover places a defiant woman — NYPD booking placard in hand, blood on her lips — squarely between two police officers against a precinct height chart, radiating raw resistance rather than defeat. It's a confident, visceral image that captures the series' noir edge and makes it clear this story isn't pulling any punches heading into its final act.