Blackbeard: Legend of the Pyrate King #2

Dynamite Entertainment's 2009 series brings the infamous Pyrate King to vivid, storm-drenched life in this second issue. Lucio Parrillo's cover painting depicts a powerful, bare-chested figure falling through a lightning-split downpour amid ship rigging and chains, while monstrous, reaching hands loom from below — an image that bristles with danger and nautical dread. With a full creative team including writers Robert Place Napton, Jamie Nash, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sanchez, and Steve Fussell alongside interior art by Mario Guevara, this series is clearly committed to giving Blackbeard's legend the epic treatment it deserves.