Noble Causes: Distant Relatives #4

The fourth and final chapter of "Distant Relatives" arrives with a striking Image Comics cover by Ian Richardson — a white-haired, leather-jacketed figure crackles with blue energy at his fists while a wall of fire roars behind him, engulfing the anguished faces of several other characters. It's a tense, visually charged image that promises the story building across this arc has reached a breaking point. Jay Faerber's writing, paired with art by Andres Ponce and colors by Ken Wolak, makes this a satisfying conclusion to one of 2003's more compelling superhero-family sagas.