Paper Girls #25

Two figures stride forward against a dusky, gradient sky — one in tall lace-up combat boots with shredded fishnet stockings, the other in a medical walking boot with velcro straps, a paper bag tucked under their arm — and Cliff Chiang's ground-level composition turns the simple act of walking into something quietly charged with purpose. Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's time-bending series reaches issue #25, and Matt Wilson's warm violet and coral palette gives this cover an atmosphere that feels both intimate and vast. If you've been following these paper girls through their extraordinary journey, this penultimate stretch of the series is not one to miss.