Elephantmen #51

Elephantmen #51 arrives in 2013 as a self-proclaimed "New Adventure, New Beginning," and Boo Cook's cover makes an immediate case for that fresh start — a massive, hulking hippo-human hybrid surges forward with a clenched fist while a determined human man levels a pistol right behind him, the two figures radiating the kind of tense, pulpy energy the series promises. The cover's "Pulp Science Fiction" banner fits perfectly, capturing that gritty noir-meets-sci-fi atmosphere Richard Starkings and Axel Medellin have made their own. With the interior story "Blood Red" and the bonus feature "My Own Private Dystopia," this issue offers a genuinely satisfying double dose of the world-building that keeps Elephantmen one of Image's most distinctive ongoing series.