Before Watchmen: Minutemen #5

The penultimate chapter of Darwyn Cooke's six-part Before Watchmen: Minutemen series arrives with a cover that radiates vintage mid-century energy — a smiling, glamorous blonde in a gold top, black opera gloves, fishnet stockings, and a coy finger-to-lips pose, set against a bold purple backdrop peppered with newspaper headlines. Cooke's clean, retro linework gives the image a playful pin-up sensibility that belies the darker undertones the Watchmen universe is known for. With "The Demon Core" as the chapter title, this 2013 issue promises the kind of stylish storytelling that made Cooke's work on this series so memorable.