Powers #32

This Eisner Award-winning series takes a striking turn with issue #32, "Forever Part Two," as Michael Avon Oeming's cover art plunges us into a barbaric, flame-scorched world far removed from the modern superhero beat. A towering, bare-chested warrior — adorned with tribal tattoos, bone necklace, and a skull-buckled belt — stands dominantly over ruined stonework, both hands gripping a massive sword, while a crouching woman huddles at his feet amid the fiery chaos. Bendis and Oeming, one of comics' most in-sync creative partnerships, clearly have something ambitious in store for this 2003 chapter of Powers.