American Gods: The Moment of the Storm #9

The penultimate issue of American Gods: The Moment of the Storm arrives with a striking cover by Glenn Fabry — a lone man in a leather jacket stands resolute in the foreground, a vivid monarch butterfly resting at his chest, while looming behind him in monumental stone relief are four imposing figures: a bearded man, a horned presence, a wild-haired woman, and a weathered older face. It's a haunting, almost sculptural image that captures the mythic weight Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell have been building throughout this Dark Horse adaptation. With colors by Scott Hampton and Jennifer T. Lange bringing warmth to that single butterfly amid the cool, crumbling grandeur, this 2020 issue feels like the calm — and the consequence — before everything breaks.