Freshmen #2

This second chapter of Freshmen II: Fundamentals of Fear from Top Cow/Image arrives in January 2007 with a striking painted-style cover by Will Conrad, depicting a woman in a form-fitting red suit — her white eyes blazing and dark hair swept back — surging forward with vine-like tendrils coiling around her, while a figure in a green-and-yellow costume commands creeping ivy from behind. Hugh Sterbakov and Will Conrad bring a genuinely tense dynamic to this college-age superhero series, and the cover's moody, atmospheric rendering makes it clear these two aren't exactly on the same team. A solid pick for readers following this sophomore arc.