Minor Threats #2

The cover of Minor Threats #2 sets a grim, striking tone: a dark-caped hero looms triumphantly over a pile of defeated, bloodied villains — including a masked young woman in yellow who shields herself at the bottom of the heap — while clutching a bloody flagpole against a deep red sky. Scott Hepburn's cover art captures the lopsided power dynamic at the heart of this series with real flair, and the character portraits along the left edge hint at the colorful roster of small-time wrongdoers caught in the crossfire. Written by Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum (with Judd Apatow's amusingly backhanded praise quoted right on the cover), this 2022 Dark Horse series looks like a genuinely fresh angle on superhero storytelling.