Dark Horse Presents #57

Dark Horse Presents #57 is a generous 48-page post-annual showcasing the Next Men, a colorful ensemble of super-powered figures — including a leaping woman in black, a gun-toting man in a red coat, and several other striking individuals — whose cover billing promises they're unlike any superheroes you've encountered before. The cover, a collaborative effort by John Byrne, Eddie Campbell, Eric Vincent, Dale Eaglesham, and Frank Miller, also nods to fellow Dark Horse stalwarts Alec, Alien Fire, and The Creep alongside a menacing grinning figure rendered in vivid panel work. John Byrne writes, draws, inks, and letters the interior story "Nativity," making this a showcase of singular creative vision wrapped in one of the more ambitious anthology packages of 1991.