Dynamo 5 #17

The tagline says it all — "strangers bound by fate and a father they never knew" — and issue #17 of Jay Faerber's Dynamo 5 delivers that family tension in vivid style. Mahmud A. Asrar's cover (inked by Asrar himself, colored by Ron Riley) puts a determined blonde team member front and center, dual pistols blazing red laser fire, while armed enemies close in below and a caped figure carries a woman in a wedding gown to safety above — all overshadowed by a looming, masked threat in the background. It's a tightly composed image that captures the series' blend of superhero action and complicated personal stakes right at their 2008 peak.