Battle Pope #9

The cover of Battle Pope #9 delivers a wonderfully absurd domestic tableau: a caped, armored figure relaxes in an armchair reading the newspaper while a winged devil-woman serves refreshments, and a chubby baby with tiny horns sits on the floor clutching a toy, with a sleepy dog nearby — the whole scene posed as a perfectly ordinary living room moment. It's a pitch-perfect send-up of suburban family life filtered through the series' irreverent, anything-goes sensibility. If you enjoy comics that find big laughs in unexpected contrasts, this issue's cover alone makes a compelling case.