Age of Bronze #23

Eric Shanower's meticulous retelling of the Trojan War reaches its twenty-third chapter with "Betrayal 4," and the cover sets a fittingly dramatic tone. Rendered in cool blue and gold, a young warrior reaches upward toward a great black bird in flight, while a powerful, horned-helmeted figure looms large from the clouds above — divine forces and mortal struggle rendered with elegant economy. Shanower's singular vision for this sweeping Bronze Age epic continues to make Age of Bronze one of 2006's most ambitious ongoing series.