Artifacts #3

Issue three of this thirteen-part Top Cow Universe event keeps the tension mounting as a dark-haired figure in black strides forward gripping a fiery, crackling blade — determination etched across his face — while a massive, glowing stone giant looms in the shadows behind him. The contrast between the red-drenched foreground and the blue-electric energy radiating from the hulking creature gives the cover a striking, almost elemental tension. With Ron Marz writing and a art team including Michael Broussard, Bart Sears, Rick Basaldua, Joe Weems, Sal Regla, and Sunny Gho, Artifacts continues to feel like one of the more ambitious crossover endeavors Image's Top Cow imprint has put together.