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A fully armed soldier in combat fatigues and body armor stands at the center of this striking 2018 Naval Institute Press release, surrounded by a row of international flags snapping in the wind against a stark mountain backdrop. Writers Kevin Knodell and David Axe bring their journalistic sensibility to "Afraid of Everything," a story set against the grinding realities of deployment in Central Asia. Blue Delliquanti's clean, grounded linework on the cover sets a tone that feels both human and urgent — a war comic with something genuine to say.