Prophet #42

This 2014 Image Comics entry in Brandon Graham and Ron Wimberly's run on Prophet pulls you in immediately with Ron Wimberly's striking cover — a young figure in a worn tactical suit stands atop a massive, partially buried creature or vehicle, its dark mechanical eye glinting from the earth below, while figures move through a smoldering, alien landscape behind him. The composition balances quiet unease with the sense of a world teeming with strange life just beneath the surface, perfectly in tune with the series' far-future weirdness. With "Frog & Fly" as the story title, Prophet #42 promises another offbeat, imaginative chapter from a creative team clearly having a great time pushing science fiction comics somewhere genuinely new.