Black Hammer Reborn #12

Two figures stand in a vast field of golden grass before a weathered farmhouse on a hill — one in a red costume with white hair gazes toward it, while the other sits in the grass nearby, the quiet rural scene carrying an unmistakable weight of longing and unresolved history. Caitlin Yarsky's cover work, with colors by Dave Stewart, renders this wide-open landscape with a melancholy beauty that feels deeply earned by this point in the series. Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer Reborn has always known how to make stillness feel urgent, and issue #12 looks to be no exception.