Middlewest #5

This fifth issue of Image's Middlewest delivers a cover that crackles with raw, supernatural tension — a young boy stands wide-eyed as yellow lightning arcs across his head, his hands splayed while a massive dark tornado coils around him and a menacing older figure with raised, grasping hands rides the storm above. A small fox watches nearby against a backdrop of a rural town and a distant Ferris wheel, grounding the fantasy in that unmistakably heartland atmosphere Skottie Young and Jorge Corona have been building. It's a striking, emotionally charged image that perfectly captures the series' blend of coming-of-age vulnerability and something far more dangerous lurking in the American middle.