C.O.W.L. #1

The opening chapter of C.O.W.L. arrives with a cover as sharp and atmospheric as a mid-century noir poster — a lone masked figure rendered in stark silhouette, a Chicago skyline melting into their silhouette, and the bold badge of the Chicago Organized Workers League anchoring it all. Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel, and Rod Reis introduce a world where superheroism is treated as organized labor, a premise that feels genuinely fresh for 2014. "Principles of Power" promises tension between idealism and institution right from the first page.