Old Man Logan #9

This 2016 issue opens "The Last Ronin" arc with a cover that speaks volumes through restraint — a lone katana rises against a bold red circle on a weathered, parchment-like background, with the silhouette of traditional Japanese architecture barely visible below. Andrea Sorrentino's cover design is striking in its minimalism, evoking the mood of a solitary warrior far from home with quiet but unmistakable tension. Jeff Lemire and Sorrentino, with colors by Marcelo Maiolo, promise a chapter steeped in samurai atmosphere and the particular loneliness of a man displaced by time.