Halcyon #3

A winged superheroine soars against a warm twilight sky above what appears to be the Empire State Building, and the composition alone — looking up from street level as she glides past the spire — radiates quiet power rather than chaos. That sense of calm-amid-grandeur feels perfectly suited to Halcyon, Marc Guggenheim and Tara Butters's series exploring what happens to heroes when the world no longer needs saving. Ryan Bodenheim and Mark Englert's cover art (signed 2010) bathes the scene in golden-hour light, making this 2011 Image release look as serene as it does compelling.