Age of Heroes #3

Part of Marvel's 2010 Heroic Age initiative, this third installment of the four-issue anthology series spotlights a story titled "Girls' Night In" by Kelly Sue DeConnick with interior art by Brad Walker. Yanick Paquette and Michel Lacombe's cover brings together a striking ensemble of women — a white-suited blonde with a briefcase, a red-haired woman in a dress, a dark-haired figure in tactical gear, and a crouching feral redhead — all looming before the imposing skull-faced specter of the Grim Reaper, with a stern-faced man rendered large in the background. It's a confident, character-driven composition that promises the kind of action and attitude the Heroic Age delivered.