Red Herring #2

Red Herring #2 sets a wonderfully offbeat scene: a young woman clutching binoculars stares up at a ghostly, translucent UFO hovering above a roadside motel at night, while her disheveled companion sips a drink and looks thoroughly unimpressed by the whole situation. Philip Bond's cover art nails the series' blend of deadpan humor and genuine strangeness, pairing mundane Americana — a neon motel sign, a vintage car, alien script on a billboard — with something distinctly otherworldly. David Tischman's story title alone ("There Better Be a Damn Good Reason I Was in Coach") promises this WildStorm series has its tongue planted firmly in its cheek.