Mother Panic #4

Part of DC's Young Animal imprint for mature readers, Mother Panic #4 (2017) kicks off "Broken Things Part 1" with a cover by Tommy Lee Edwards that frames the tension beautifully: a pale, sharp-featured figure in a long dark coat looms over the scene from above, while Mother Panic herself crouches in her striking white suit and angular mask, blood-spattered fists ready. Arrayed below them, a crowd of uniformed young people watches with unsettling calm, the whole composition drenched in a theatrical golden light that gives it the feel of a sinister stage production. Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal, and Jean-François Beaulieu bring their distinct edge to this Gotham-adjacent corner of the DC universe.