IXth Generation #4

The cover of IXth Generation #4 from Top Cow/Image says a great deal with its striking visual tension — a green-haired woman gazes upward, battered and defiant, while an enormous winged creature with rows of jagged, dripping teeth looms over her from above. Stjepan Šejić's cover work renders the beast in warm, unsettling earth tones that make it feel both ancient and viscerally threatening. Featuring Aphrodite IX, this 2015 series with writing by Matt Hawkins promises the kind of science-fiction mythology that Top Cow does so well.