Incognegro

In 2009, DC's Vertigo imprint published this single-issue graphic novel by writer Mat Johnson and artist Warren Pleece, a tense, historically grounded thriller set in the Jim Crow South. It follows a light-skinned Black reporter who passes for white to investigate lynchings, only to find himself framed for murder when his own brother is accused. A stark, visually gripping exploration of identity and racial injustice, Incognegro remains a powerful, standalone work in the canon of socially conscious comics.