It Rhymes with Lust #[nn]

"It Rhymes with Lust" kicks off with Hal Weber, a former investigative journalist, returning to Copper City at the behest of Rust, his old flame and widow of the late mining tycoon Arthur "Buck" Masson. As editor of the anti-Masson paper The Express—secretly funded by Rust—Hal finds himself caught between his lingering feelings for her and his growing connection to her stepdaughter, Audrey, all while the city's tensions simmer toward something far more dangerous. Written by Drake Waller and illustrated by Matt Baker with inks by Ray Osrin, the issue’s cover by Baker and Osrin captures the simmering heat of a town on the edge.