Astro City #9

Alex Ross's painted cover for this April 2014 Vertigo issue sets a striking scene: a young woman stands at the center of an overwhelming golden radiance, wings of light spreading behind her, while a massive golden figure looms above and a group of shadowy, dark-clad figures closes in from both sides. The tension between that blazing warmth and the encircling threat gives the image a quietly powerful charge. Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson, and Alex Sinclair bring their usual care to "The View from the Heart," and this cover promises something both intimate and mythic waiting inside.