The Other Side #5

Cameron Stewart's stark red-and-black cover for this fifth and final issue of Vertigo's Vietnam War series tells you everything about the brutal endgame ahead — a helmeted soldier looms in close-up, rifle raised, while a chaotic mass of armed figures charges through barbed wire in the hellish background. Jason Aaron's "Beyond the Wire" promises an intense conclusion to a series that has consistently portrayed the war from both American and North Vietnamese perspectives with unflinching honesty. If you've been following this Vertigo mature-readers series, this 2007 closing chapter is one you won't want to set aside.