Four Eyes: Hearts of Fire #1

From Image Comics in 2016, Four Eyes: Hearts of Fire #1 opens this series with a cover by Max Fiumara that crackles with urgency — a wide-eyed young boy and an adult figure are shown tumbling or clinging amid heavy chains, surrounded by a swirling inferno of amber and gold. The raw, painterly warmth of Thomas Mauer's colors gives the scene a desperate, almost mythic intensity that feels perfectly suited to a story with "fire" right there in the title. Joe Kelly, Fiumara, and Mauer make for a compelling creative team, and this opener promises the kind of gritty, emotionally grounded adventure that Image does so well.