Doctor Fate #14

The cover by Ibrahim Moustafa frames a striking duality: Doctor Fate in his golden helmet and blue-and-yellow costume hovers urgently before a glowing, supernatural doorway while a figure in a casual blue hoodie — wearing a smaller Fate amulet — stands below, the two seemingly connected across different planes of existence. A monstrous red hand reaches through that doorway from the other side, and a ghostly bird sweeps through the upper corner, lending the whole scene an eerie, otherworldly tension. With Paul Levitz writing and Lee Loughridge's atmospheric colors bringing it all to life, this September 2016 issue promises a fascinating exploration of what it means to carry the mantle of Fate.