Once & Future #15

A bloodied sword dominates this striking cover from Dan Mora, its ornate crossguard and crimson-jeweled hilt unmistakably Arthurian in character — yet something has gone deeply wrong. A murder of magpies, each bearing unsettling red-eyed masks and trailing ghostly flames, swarms the blade with an ominous, almost ritualistic energy. Kieron Gillen and Mora's modern Arthurian series continues to blend British folklore with genuine dread, and this issue's imagery — stained steel, corrupted birds, and teal shadows lurking below — promises the myth is far from finished with its victims.