Cage #4

Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben bring their gritty MAX Comics vision of Luke Cage to a head in this fourth chapter of their 2002 series. Corben's cover is a striking close-up of a massively built figure — clad in a cap emblazoned with "CAGE" — his wrists bound in heavy handcuffs and chain, fists clenched against a cold, concrete-grey backdrop with a slash of red cutting through the frame. It's a raw, elemental image of restrained power that says everything about the tone Azzarello and Corben are going for with this Parental Advisory-rated title.