Jules Verne's Lighthouse #1

From Image Comics' Shadowline imprint, Jules Verne's Lighthouse #1 launches David Hine and Brian Haberlin's science-fiction vision with a cover that immediately signals an ambitious ensemble — a diverse cast of strikingly designed characters cascades across the composition, from a sleek armored figure in the foreground to a mysterious cloaked figure with glowing green eyes, a pale alien-featured woman, a battle-worn warrior with a skull-like visage, and a woman wielding what appears to be a firearm, all set against a sweeping cosmic backdrop with a planet looming in the deep blue distance. Haberlin's linework and Geirrod Van Dyke's rich coloring give the whole thing a cinematic energy that feels both intimate and vast. If you're drawn to speculative adventure rooted in classic literary imagination, this first issue makes a compelling opening argument.