Fear Agent #32

Fear Agent #32 wraps up the "Out of Step" arc with a cover by Tony Moore that radiates raw, sun-bleached intensity — a battered, wild-eyed man clutches what appears to be a control panel, his battered face filling the frame in a wash of brilliant yellow linework that feels both urgent and otherworldly. It's a striking artistic choice, reducing the palette to near-monochrome gold to put every jagged pen stroke on full display. Rick Remender and the creative team of Mike Hawthorne, John Lucas, and Lee Loughridge bring this five-part story to a close in one of Dark Horse's most viscerally drawn sci-fi series of 2011.