Image United #0

Two green-skinned powerhouses dominate this cover — one in civilian clothes clutching a pistol, the other in a purple-and-green suit with glowing blue energy crackling from his fists — as rubble flies and a city crumbles around them in an amber-hued explosion of chaos. Cover pencils and inks by Erik Larsen and Whilce Portacio set an appropriately kinetic tone for this prelude issue, with a bystander visible in the background amid the mayhem. Written by Robert Kirkman with a sprawling creative team that reads like an Image Comics reunion, Image United #0 promises a collision of the publisher's biggest characters right from its striking opening chapter.