Black Hammer #3

The third issue of Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston's celebrated series plants the story firmly in the cosmos, and this cover makes the scale of that ambition immediately felt. A red-skinned, green-caped hero stands his ground on a barren, cratered surface as a massive, decaying figure in a vintage space suit looms over him — its skull-like face visible through the helmet — while a sleek rocket streaks through the starfield above. Dave Stewart's cool, deep-space palette gives the whole scene a pulp-science-fiction grandeur that feels right at home with a story titled "The Warlord of Mars.