C.O.W.L. #8

Five bold silhouettes dominate this striking yellow cover — a suited figure commanding the center foreground, flanked by costumed heroes and masked figures including one with goggles and a spiral emblem, another bearing an ankh, and a looming presence with arms outstretched above them all. The design, rendered in Rod Reis's painterly style with a purple-and-black palette against that eye-catching yellow, gives the Chicago Organized Workers League the feel of a gritty labor-noir ensemble with genuine visual weight. "The Greater Good — Chapter 2: Doppler Shift" promises that this 2015 Image series continues to push superheroics into unexpected, grounded territory.