C.O.W.L. #3

C.O.W.L. #3 brings a striking noir sensibility to Image's superhero-union series, with Rod Reis's painted cover presenting a silhouetted woman in the foreground — her belt bearing a distinctive eye emblem — while four shadowy suited figures loom in the mist behind her. The tension between her solitary stance and that watching group captures exactly the kind of institutional intrigue promised by the "Perception" chapter title. It's a beautifully atmospheric piece that makes the Chicago Organized Workers League feel as politically charged as it does superpowered.