Kirby: Genesis #6

The cover of this 2012 Dynamite series brings together a dazzling array of Jack Kirby's sprawling character universe, rendered in Alex Ross's painterly style — a red-costumed woman crackling with energy dominates the foreground, mouth open in what looks like an agonized cry, while armored and monstrous figures loom through a blinding burst of light behind her. At the center of that radiant vortex floats a glowing, serpentine symbol that feels like the fulcrum of something enormous. "Myth & Legend (and a Wanderer)" promises exactly that scale, and with Kurt Busiek and Ross co-writing alongside artist Jack Herbert, this sixth chapter looks like a thrilling convergence of cosmic ambitions.