Dan Dare Omnibus #1

Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine's reinvention of Britain's most celebrated space hero gets the deluxe treatment in this 2009 Dynamite omnibus collecting the "Under an English Heaven" saga. The cover — pencilled and inked by Dave Gibbons — places Dan Dare front and center, blaster raised and jaw set with quiet determination, as armored golden soldiers flank him and a fierce starship battle erupts across the cosmos behind them. It's a confident, sweeping image that captures exactly the kind of classic pulp-adventure spirit Ennis and Erskine bring to this storied character.