Masterpiece #3

Alex Maleev's cover art for this third issue draws the eye immediately to a young woman crouching with a sticker-covered skateboard and a phone in hand, her calm expression set against looming shadowy figures rendered in brooding reds and deep blues behind her. Brian Michael Bendis and Maleev — the team behind Scarlet — bring that same grounded, street-level tension to Masterpiece, and this image perfectly captures the layered sense of ordinary life shadowed by something more dangerous. If you've been following this Dark Horse series, issue #3 makes a compelling case to stay close.