Defenders #4

Doctor Strange channels a luminous web of mystic energy with one outstretched hand while a young red-haired woman in a striped top is swept up beside him, her scarf trailing dramatically in the air — it's a cover that crackles with tension and a hint of the uncanny. Terry and Rachel Dodson's linework gives the scene a kinetic, almost cinematic energy, grounding the supernatural in something bracingly human. Matt Fraction, Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano, and Matt Hollingsworth bring their considerable talents to this April 2012 chapter of a team "protecting humanity from the impossible.