Astro City #27

Alex Ross's cover for this November 2015 Vertigo issue draws the eye immediately with its striking upward-looking perspective, filling the frame with a vibrant crowd of Astro City's colorful heroes — including a star-spangled patriotic figure, a grinning golden-masked warrior wielding an ornate staff, a young inventor in goggles, and several wide-eyed, outsized-headed characters that give the scene a wonderfully playful energy. Looming in the background are larger, more stoic figures rendered in muted tones, lending a sense of history and gravity to the bustling assembly. With Kurt Busiek writing and the story titled "Game Over," this issue promises the kind of richly human superhero storytelling that has made Astro City one of comics' most warmly regarded series.