Die Hard: Year One #1

A brooding NYPD officer, gun drawn and a trickle of blood on his face, dominates this striking 2009 Boom! Studios cover — framed against a stark New York City skyline as a lone figure plummets between the towering buildings above him. The bold graphic design, with its deep blues and sharp reds, sets a tense, noir-inflected tone that feels perfectly suited to a story set against the backdrop of New York City on July Fourth, 1976. Howard Chaykin's script and Stephen Thompson's linework promise a gritty, grounded look at the early days of one of action fiction's most enduring cops.