Invisible Republic #7

Gabriel Hardman's cover for Invisible Republic #7 sets a tense, noir-soaked mood: a silver-haired woman sits in a chair with quiet defiance at the center of the composition, while a red-haired woman smoking a cigarette and a bearded man holding a pistol flank her from behind — and a rifle barrel intrudes ominously from the upper right. The muted olive-and-sepia palette, a hallmark of colorist Jordan Boyd's work on this series, gives the scene a gritty, lived-in atmosphere that perfectly suits the political thriller storytelling of writers Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko. If you've been following this Image series, issue #7 looks to keep the tension wound tight.