Ex Machina #31

This striking December 2007 issue of Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris's WildStorm series delivers one of the run's more unsettling cover compositions: a hooded, glowing-eyed figure looms above with outstretched hands, while a contemplative gorilla sits below amid swirling pink graffiti-like symbols — a pairing that feels both dreamlike and quietly threatening. Tony Harris's painted cover work is at its moody best here, balancing detailed realism with surreal, almost psychedelic energy. "Ex Cathedra Chapter Two" promises that Ex Machina's blend of political intrigue and the genuinely strange is very much alive and well.