Noble Causes #7

The cover of Noble Causes #7 nails the book's signature blend of superhero soap opera and city-leveling chaos: a red-haired hero in a sleek costume holds hands with a blonde woman, telling her "No, really, honey… I'd much rather spend time with you" — while a massive stone-fleshed monster looms over the cityscape behind him, casually hefting a skyscraper. Fran Bueno's pencils and inks deliver that delicious tension between domestic tenderness and catastrophic destruction with real wit and style. Jay Faerber's 2005 series remains one of Image's most entertaining explorations of what superhero family life actually looks like when the world keeps inconveniently ending.