Excellence #5

Khary Randolph delivers a striking cover for this fifth issue of Image's Excellence, depicting a figure in a fur-trimmed coat thrusting a staff triumphantly skyward amid a swirling snowstorm, red lightning bolts crackling across the teal-tinted composition. The upward angle and windswept red scarf give the scene a genuine sense of defiant momentum, with snowy peaks looming below like the world itself is being conquered. Brandon Thomas's 2019 series continues to look this good issue after issue.