Red Hood: Outlaw #45

The cover of Red Hood: Outlaw #45 makes quite an entrance — a white-haired, red-caped woman with fierce facial markings grabs Red Hood by the head while a glowing red blade crackles between them, her speech bubble delivering the pointed greeting: "Hi, Red Hood… …Remember me?!" The banner across the bottom confirms it: Essence Returns. Behind the two figures, a dense crowd of monstrous, snarling creatures fills every inch of the background, suggesting the duo's reunion is happening under spectacularly dangerous circumstances. Writer Scott Lobdell and artist Paolo Pantalena, with colors by Arif Prianto, set a tense, visually charged stage for "Unspoken Truths.