Royals #5

The cover of Royals #5 (2017) from Marvel, drawn by Kris Anka, presents a confident young woman in a yellow crop top and green slacks, casually holding a pistol while a large sniper rifle is slung across her back — all framed by a soft bloom of flowers overhead. Flanking her are two grinning anthropomorphic rabbits and a figure in a long coat turned away in the background, giving the whole composition a breezy, spy-adventure energy that feels both stylish and a little surreal. Al Ewing's Royals continues to carve out its own distinctive corner of Marvel's Inhuman mythology, and this issue's "The Center of Things" promises to keep that momentum going.