Out of the Blue

Set in the chaos of a collapsing Afghanistan, this AfterShock miniseries from Garth Ennis and Keith Burns follows a retired British soldier who returns to the war-torn country to rescue an old friend. Launched in 2019, the two-issue story is a compact, visceral thriller from a creative team known for gritty, character-driven war comics. It matters as a sharp, no-frills example of Ennis’s ability to distill complex conflicts into personal, human stakes.