The Unknown Soldier #5

Part five of Jim Owsley and Phil Gascoine's 12-part mature-readers series finds the bandage-wrapped Unknown Soldier huddled alone in shadow, shackled and cornered beneath what appears to be a barred window — a quietly devastating image of vulnerability from a character defined by resilience. Gascoine's cover art leans into raw, scratchy linework that feels more like a crime thriller than a battlefield adventure, which fits perfectly with the tagline staring back at you: "It only looks like a war story." With "Brother Leader Bites the Dust" waiting inside, this 1989 DC issue makes a compelling case that the most gripping conflicts are the ones fought in the dark.