Madame Mirage #4

Kenneth Rocafort's cover for this 2007 Top Cow/Image series packs a striking ensemble onto a single page: the darkly glamorous Madame Mirage dominates the center in her signature black corset, flanked by a red-haired woman in a bikini top, a shadowy gun-toting figure in the background, a grotesque leering man in the corner, and a writhing mass of mechanical tentacles gripping a colorful creature. Paul Dini's series continues to blend pulpy danger with vivid, stylized characters that feel at once dangerous and captivating. If you've been following this title, issue four looks like it keeps the tension and the visual drama firmly turned up.