Five Ghosts #6

Garry Brown's cover for this Image series strikes a pulpy, atmospheric pose — a lone swordsman raises his blade in a fighting stance while a mysterious woman holds an unsettling pale mask, flanked by a writhing octopus, a sailing ship, and a sketched dragon lurking at the edges. The layered imagery, brought to vivid life by Lauren Affe's warm, watercolor-tinged palette, perfectly captures the adventurous spirit suggested by the story title "Legend of the Masamune." Frank J. Barbiere and Garry Brown's Five Ghosts continues to blend pulp adventure with supernatural atmosphere in a package that's genuinely hard to put down.