Flex Mentallo #4

The concluding chapter of Grant Morrison's surreal Vertigo miniseries arrives with a cover by Frank Quitely that perfectly captures its reality-unraveling spirit — Flex Mentallo himself, rendered in leopard-print trunks and wristbands, tumbles through a cascade of scattered comic panels and photographic fragments, his muscular form literally coming apart into the images that define him. It's a visually arresting meditation on identity and the relationship between heroes and the stories that contain them, rendered with Quitely's sharp, playful linework. A fitting final cover for one of 1996's most boldly imaginative superhero deconstructions.