Major Bummer #7

DC's offbeat superhero comedy Major Bummer hits issue #7 with a cover by Doug Mahnke and John Dell that perfectly captures the series' absurdist charm — a caped, elaborately armored hero punches toward the viewer while a woman in a purple bodysuit flies gracefully above him, the two of them soaring over a crowded city street packed with oblivious pedestrians below. The colorful, almost garish patchwork armor contrasted with that earnest scowl makes for a wonderfully ridiculous heroic tableau. John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke's irreverent take on the superhero genre was in fine form in early 1998, and this cover promises more of the chaotic fun the series delivered.