範馬刃牙 [Hanma Baki] #26

Volume 26 of Keisuke Itagaki's Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre delivers the series' signature intensity in a single striking image — a fierce, battle-worn fighter lunging forward with a playing card clutched between his fingers, expression fierce with effort against a swirling, chaotic background. The dynamic composition captures everything that makes this long-running Shonen Champion Comics series so compelling: raw physicality and the constant sense that anything could happen next. Fans of Itagaki's detailed, muscular artwork will find plenty to admire here.