Next Men: Aftermath #42

John Byrne's Next Men: Aftermath reaches its 42nd issue with a cover that crackles with 1970s thriller energy — a trench-coated gunman in tinted shades and a red-coated woman clutch a small child atop a yellow car, surrounded by a collage of alarmed, menacing faces and a flower-painted van straight out of the era. The title "Finders of Lost Children" hints at the stakes swirling around that vulnerable figure at the center of the action. Byrne handles both script and art here, with colors by Ronda Pattison giving the whole scene a vivid, period-appropriate warmth that makes this IDW installment a genuinely compelling chapter in the series.