Barbarella #12

Yuko Shimizu's cover for this 2018 Dynamite issue is a pure retro-space dream: Barbarella, flame-haired and suited up in a sleek orange spacesuit, rides astride a gleaming red-and-white rocket as a fleet of smaller rockets trails behind her against a deep teal sky filled with planets and moons. It's the kind of image that balances playful wit with genuine artistic craft, and with Mike Carey writing and Kenan Yarar on interior art, "Truth & Consequences" promises to be a fitting capstone to this mature-readers run.