Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #7

Dynamite's Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #7 brings together a striking trio on Alex Ross's painted cover: a flame-wreathed patriotic figure bearing an American flag blazes on the left, a colorfully costumed winged hero bursts through a swirl of dark energy on the right, and a menacing violet-skinned villain in a brown cloak looms in the foreground, claws outstretched from the tall grass. Ross's painted compositions have always given these Golden Age-inspired characters a weighty, almost mythic presence, and this 2010 Dynamite issue — titled "Mr. Face" and written by Ross alongside Jim Krueger — looks to deliver more of that pulpy, superhero grandeur.