Noble Causes #1

Noble Causes #1 arrives from Image in 2002 as a Wizard Staff Pick, and the cover by Patrick Gleason and John Wycough immediately signals that this superhero family saga has a lot going on. The artwork assembles a vivid cast — a newlywed couple in wedding attire holding a bouquet beside a "Just Married" vehicle, a red-haired woman levitating amid debris, a cigar-chomping powerhouse, a dark-clad woman, a masked figure, and a ghostly presence — all overseen by a pair of glowing eyes lurking at the top. Writer Jay Faerber sets the stage for a story titled "In Sickness and in Health," suggesting that family life and super-powered drama are thoroughly intertwined from the very first issue.