Lobo #5

Love Hurts!" declares the tagline on this New 52 installment of Lobo, and the cover by Ben Oliver makes the sentiment viscerally clear — a battered, blood-spattered Lobo clutches a blue-skinned alien woman close while a crackling energy weapon drives between them, electricity arcing across the tense embrace. It's a striking image that balances brutal violence with something almost tender, perfectly capturing the dangerous world writer Cullen Bunn and the art team have built around DC's deadliest assassin. With "Myths & Legends" as the story title, issue #5 promises the kind of hard-edged sci-fi drama this series has made its signature.