Axcend #2

Axcend #2 from Image Comics puts its bold, tech-forward identity right on display, with a confident red-haired young woman in a luminescent bodysuit holding a game controller and sporting a headset — styled here as the self-described "Gaming Queen," Dual-Shock Madonna. Shane Davis's cover art gives her a vivid, mosaic-textured glow that makes the whole image practically pulse with energy, perfectly matching the issue's declared focus on music, gaming, and the R.U.N. Global Charity Concert Event. It's a striking 2015 package that wears its pop-culture ambitions loud and unashamed.