Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist #10

Dynamite's Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist reaches its tenth chapter with an Alex Ross cover that crackles with energy — Flash Gordon himself dominates the foreground in his red-and-gold suit, crystalline blades radiating outward as fiery, leonine forces swirl around him, a winged figure and a roaring beast-faced enemy looming in the chaos above a smoldering cityscape below. Ross's painted style lends the whole scene a grand, almost cinematic weight that feels perfectly suited to a story subtitled "Good Night and Good Luck." With Eric Trautmann and Alex Ross co-writing and Ron Adrian on interior art, this 2013 series has delivered a serious, ambitious take on one of science fiction's most enduring heroes.