Elephantmen #79

This sprawling cover for Elephantmen #79 packs in a remarkable cast — human-animal hybrids, armored soldiers, glamorous women, suited figures, a hulking hippo-man in a leather jacket, a zebra-headed character, a blood-spattered brute bearing a biohazard patch, and a young girl standing amid a sea of skulls surrounding a lone seated elderly figure under a single hanging lamp. The composition feels like a world unto itself, pulling nearly every corner of this universe into one dizzying, beautifully detailed snapshot. With so many lives, tensions, and histories converging on a single page, issue #79 makes a compelling case for just how rich Richard Starkings' sci-fi universe had grown by 2017.