Flash Gordon: Kings Cross #4

Flash Gordon finds himself seriously outnumbered on Jesse Hamm's striking cover for this 2017 Dynamite Entertainment series finale — a lone, sword-wielding man in a suit surrounded by a gallery of imposing humanoid animal figures, including a rhinoceros, a horse, a wolf, an eagle, and a serpentine figure looming above. The bold red-and-white striped backdrop gives the confrontation a theatrical, almost gladiatorial energy that suits the Kings Cross crossover perfectly. With Jeff Parker writing and Grace Allison's cool blue palette lending the whole scene an eerie otherworldly atmosphere, this fourth issue looks like a fittingly dramatic wrap-up to the event.