Monstress #5

Two young women stand back-to-back in white robes, framed by an elaborate golden throne adorned with gears and circular medallions, while a towering bird-skulled deity looms behind them — its single eye gleaming and a burst of light emanating from its chest. Serpentine creatures coil at the edges, and flecks of red hint at the world's ongoing violence. Sana Takeda's cover art for this 2016 Image series brings an Art Nouveau grandeur to Marjorie Liu's dark fantasy world, making issue #5 of Monstress as visually arresting as any chapter in the run.