Alias #6

The sixth installment of Marvel MAX's mature-readers series brings Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos's gritty noir world to a new arc with "B Level, Part 1." David Mack's striking cover art — a mixed-media collage of warm ochres, deep reds, and torn paper textures — presents a solitary figure with head tilted back, rendered in loose, painterly strokes that feel simultaneously vulnerable and searching. It's a quietly arresting image that sets a contemplative, emotionally charged tone for wherever this story is headed.