Kaya #7

Wes Craig's Kaya kicks off a new story arc with issue #7, and the cover makes an immediate impression — Kaya herself bursts through a tangle of dark, twisted vines, blade in one hand and a glowing golden fist raised in the other, her expression fierce and determined. The lush, unsettling jungle environment hints at the strange and sinister Poison Lands teased in the cover copy, where Kaya must venture into the Kingdom of the Mutants to rescue her kidnapped brother Jin. Craig's linework crackles with energy, and with a new arc starting right here, $3.99 is a fine entry point into one of Image's most visually distinctive series of 2023.