Compass #5

A young woman in a flowing white cloak and red headscarf stands her ground, halberd in hand, as a hulking armored warrior and a column of soldiers mass behind her — with a vast, shadowy face looming ominously in the smoke above them all. Justin Greenwood's cover for this fifth chapter of The Cauldron of Eternal Life arc does a wonderful job of conveying both quiet resolve and mounting threat, with Daniela Miwa's warm, smoldering palette giving everything a sense of impending confrontation. Robert Mackenzie and David Walker's adventure series continues to deliver compelling imagery that earns its place on any shelf of 2021 Image Comics.