Ghost #4

Phil Noto's cover for this fourth and final chapter of "In the Smoke and Din" trades action for intimacy — a woman in a white gown and long gloves shares a slow dance with a man in a tuxedo, their gazes locked in something that feels equal parts tender and uneasy. The stark black backdrop makes the pale elegance of the two figures all the more striking, lending the image an almost cinematic, noir-inflected quality. Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto bring this arc to a close with a cover that quietly insists not everything about Ghost is guns and shadows.