Angel #38

Angel himself takes center stage on Jenny Frison's cover, suspended like a marionette by orange strings against sweeping red theatre curtains adorned with roses — a striking image of control and vulnerability that sets an uneasy tone for "Cats in the Cradle: Chapter 3 of Connorland." The brooding vampire-with-a-soul looks upward with unmistakable unease, arms pulled wide, as if forces far beyond him are pulling the strings. With Bill Willingham, David Tischman, and Mariah Huehner sharing writing duties alongside Elena Casagrande's interior art, this 2010 IDW installment promises a richly layered chapter in one of comics' most compelling supernatural series.