Middlewest #17

Middlewest #17 delivers a cover that crackles with dread and defiance — a massive, scarred man raises a blade toward a looming mechanical behemoth overhead while a wide-eyed young boy is caught in his grip, masked figures closing in from the chaos below. The vivid magenta atmosphere and swirling ember-lit sky give the whole scene an almost otherworldly menace that Skottie Young and Jorge Corona have made the hallmark of this Image series. If this issue's cover is any indication, the tension between these characters has reached a genuinely gripping fever pitch.