Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #3

The third chapter of this six-part Final Crisis Aftermath miniseries arrives in September 2009 with a cover by Scott Hampton that's quietly unsettling — a white-haired figure in a dark uniform spreads his arms wide across a spiraling, concentric target of red and yellow, pinned or perhaps surrendering to forces beyond his control. That stark, geometric composition gives the whole image a psychological edge that fits perfectly with a story subtitled "The Wheel." With Iván Brandon writing and Marco Rudy on interior art, this series clearly has an eye for both espionage tension and visual unease.