Man Against Time #2

A brooding close-up face dominates the left half of this striking Image/Motown Machineworks cover, while a fierce, athletically posed woman armed with a sword and staff commands the foreground amid a swirling collage of gears, clock faces, and timepieces — a visual argument that time itself is the ultimate battlefield. John Paul Leon's cover work blends graphic poster sensibility with intricate mechanical detail, giving Man Against Time #2 a moody, kinetic presence on the 1996 comics rack. With "Tomorrow's Persuasion" as the story's title and the creative team of Lewis, De Cicco, and Heike behind the interior pages, this series clearly has serious ambitions to match its bold visual identity.