is an American comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. The stories are fictional but set in and around historical events during the Viking Age. Northlanders is written by Brian Wood, illustrated by various artists on a per storyline basis with painted cover art by Massimo Carnevale. The first issue of the series was published on December 5, 2007. Wood has said that the series will be divided into standalone eight issue story arcs separated by two-issue arcs. However, Issue 17, entitled "The Viking Art of Single Combat" is a self-contained single issue. It is one of the best comic stories I have read in a long time--it may be the best comic story for this year. Warren Ellis calls it "incredibly good." If there is one single-issue comic book you plan to buy, get this one. As for the series itself, it may perhaps be one of the best monthly comic books ongoing, along with the Robert Kirkman's .

is a 5-part limited series by Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti for Image Comics with cover dates September 2008 to May 2009. It is a crime-based action drama about Bob Saetta, the number-two-man and chief hitter for Brooklyn's Saetta crime family who, unfortunately, knows too much. Having discovered a horrific secret about his boss and older brother, Paul, Bob is trying to save his wife and son from his family's wrath while avoiding the violent attentions of Paul's soldiers. All Brooklyn is out to get him, believing that he has turned rat--the result of a deal he's supposed to have cut with the NYPD. Bob is gambling that he's resourceful enough to survive on his home turf, but the ghastly truth about his brother is only the tip of the iceberg. The streets Bob knows so well will become a killing ground, and the horrors and depravity lurking there will ... As is the case with any Garth Ennis work, characterized by over-the-top graphic violence, black humor and profanity but this one with a running-up-the-stairs pace that never lets up. meets the in Brooklyn.