Black Hammer: Age of Doom #5

Black Hammer: Age of Doom #5 drops its hero into the cosmic deep end — the cover by Dean Ormston (colored by Dave Stewart) places a spacesuit-clad young woman front and center, her expression caught somewhere between determination and unease as flaming meteor-like orbs with giant eyeballs hurtle through the void around her. Looming in the background, a burning, disintegrating figure adds an unsettling sense of scale and dread to the already surreal spacewscape. Jeff Lemire's series has always balanced superhero weirdness with genuine emotional stakes, and this 2018 image makes a strong case that the Age of Doom arc is delivering on both fronts.