Creator-Owned Heroes #3

Creator-Owned Heroes #3 packs remarkable value into one magazine-format package, offering two complete comics, interviews, and how-to articles all for a single cover price. The cover spotlights a white-haired woman in a sleek black suit — Trigger Girl 6, by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Phil Noto — diving through the air amid bursting gunfire and explosions, her intensity absolutely commanding. Rounding out the issue is American Muscle by Steve Niles and Kevin Mellon, plus an interview with Mark Waid, making this August 2012 package a genuinely compelling snapshot of creator-owned comics at their most energized.