Red Menace #2

The cover of this WildStorm six-issue series says it all: a powerfully built hero in a patriotic blue-and-red costume grapples with a bald eagle overhead while clutching an American flag, the tension in his expression suggesting the weight of a nation pressing down on him. The story title "The Eagle and the Bear" gives that imagery an extra layer of meaning, hinting at Cold War-era symbolism baked into the series' DNA. Jerry Ordway's pencils and inks bring a muscular, classically rendered energy to the scene — fitting for a 2007 series reaching back to the heroic storytelling traditions that Ordway has always handled with such confidence.