Ragnarök #2

Walter Simonson returns to the world of Norse mythology with Ragnarök #2 from IDW, and the cover makes an immediate, visceral statement: a massive, rune-etched war hammer — unmistakably Mjolnir — rests blood-soaked against a stormy sky crackling with lightning, its face and base streaked with dripping crimson pooling around it. The image is deliberate and haunting, suggesting both the hammer's terrible power and a cost already paid. Colored by Laura Martin and lettered by John Workman, this 2014 series finds Simonson at the helm of a story that feels as weighty as the weapon on its cover.