Manifest Destiny #7

Matthew Roberts brings a genuinely unsettling creature to center stage on this cover — a massive, warty toad perched on a mossy rock, its body sprouting coiling, scale-covered tentacles that curl menacingly through the air and grip the terrain around it. The lush, riverside wilderness stretching into the background perfectly captures the sense that the American frontier, as reimagined by Chris Dingess and Roberts, harbors horrors no expedition could anticipate. Issue #7 of this Skybound/Image series delivers another striking reminder that the Louisiana Territory is anything but tame.