Damage #5

Damage looms enormous on this cover, his monstrous face filling the frame with glowing amber eyes and a wide, teeth-baring snarl that leaves no doubt about the raw power he embodies. Swirling around him is a clash of competing impulses — aggressive commands like "SMASH," "DESTROY," and "NO SURVIVORS" colliding with desperate urges to "RUN," "HIDE," and "HELP" — a visual shorthand for the internal war raging inside this New Age of Heroes titan. Cover pencils by Tony S. Daniel and inks by Danny Miki make issue #5 of this Dark Nights: Metal tie-in feel genuinely unsettling, with writer Robert Venditti and artist Diógenes Neves continuing "Unnatural Disaster Part 2: Hostile Takeover" inside.