Unknown Soldier #16

Dave Johnson's cover for Unknown Soldier #16 is a haunting composition in blood-red and earth tones — a barefoot child stands at the foreground clutching what appears to be a bloodied cloth, while the bandaged, scarred face of the Unknown Soldier looms large and menacing in the background. The stark "Dry Season" title treatment feels burned right into the image, perfectly capturing the brutal tension of Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli's Vertigo series — IGN's Best Series of 2009. Chapter Two of "Dry Season" promises more of the unflinching, politically charged storytelling that made this book one of Vertigo's most compelling offerings of its era.