Buckhead #5

The penultimate issue of Shobo and George Kambadais's BOOM! Box series arrives with a cover that crackles with tension — a determined young man stares out from the foreground, fist raised, while a diagonal beam of orange light frames an ancient, ornately decorated mask looming above him, and glowing broken chains drift through the dark surrounding space. Kambadais's bold, graphic style makes every element feel loaded with significance, balancing the personal and the mythic in a single striking composition. If you've been following Buckhead through its 2022 run, this fifth issue looks like exactly the kind of escalation the series has been building toward.