Albion #5

The penultimate chapter of WildStorm's six-issue British superhero series arrives with a cover by Dave Gibbons that makes an immediate impression: a pointed-eared, bare-chested figure grips prison bars and stares out with cold, unsettling intensity, the Union Jack logo looming overhead as a reminder of the story's distinctly British identity. Subtitled "The Era of Spin," this fifth installment from writers Alan Moore, Leah Moore, and John Reppion promises the kind of sharp, layered storytelling the series has built toward. With one issue still to come, the caged figure on this 2006 cover suggests the tension is coiling rather than releasing.