Elektra: Assassin #7

The penultimate chapter of this acclaimed eight-issue Epic Comics limited series arrives with a cover that is equal parts unsettling and mesmerizing — a bleeding, grinning figure looms large against a backdrop of roaring flames and suburban rooftops, while a dark, masked form clutching a bloodied weapon occupies the foreground, and a ghoulish face lurks in the shadows below. Bill Sienkiewicz's painted cover work pushes comics art into genuinely painterly territory, layering watercolor looseness with visceral intensity in a way that feels more like a fever-dream canvas than a traditional cover. Frank Miller's "Vox Populi" promises the same sharp, subversive storytelling that has defined this series from its first issue.