Imperial War: Exiles #1

A striking first issue from writers Steve Foxe and Jonathan Hickman, with cover art by Francesco Mortarino that immediately establishes the stakes: in the foreground, a figure in a black suit clutches a glowing blue object while a warrior in silver armor and a sweeping blue cape raises a staff overhead, the two standing amid rubble and debris. Looming behind the title are two more figures — a young woman with facial markings and a fierce, winged, pink-helmeted antagonist flanked by massive mechanical forms — suggesting a conflict that stretches well beyond any single battlefield. With interior art by Francesco Manna and Davide Tinto and colors by Erick Arciniega, Imperial War: Exiles #1 looks like a bold, visually ambitious launch into something genuinely epic.