Kick-Ass 3 #6

The penultimate issue of Kick-Ass 3 arrives with a cover by John Romita Jr. and Tom Palmer that tells its own gripping story: a rugged, heavily armed bearded man carries a masked, caped young girl on his shoulders — she wields a long sword and grips a hammer, all business — while a bound figure slumps over a car in the background. Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s 2014 series has never been shy about putting its characters through the wringer, and this image radiates that same tension, pairing unlikely allies against what feels like an ominous, unfinished situation. It's a striking, road-worn composition that makes flipping to the interior feel genuinely urgent.