Aphrodite IX #3

Stjepan Šejić puts his full artistic range on display with this striking cover for the third issue of Top Cow's 2013 revival, depicting Aphrodite IX herself — green-haired, red-eyed, and marked with her Roman numeral tattoo — gripping a sleek futuristic rifle as explosions blaze behind her. A bold targeting reticle and cascading binary code frame the image, driving home her nature as a precision instrument caught between organic and machine. With Matt Hawkins scripting and Šejić handling every visual dimension inside as well, this is a creative team firing on all cylinders.