Saga #7

Fiona Staples's cover for Saga #7 presents a battle-worn, pointed-eared figure draped in blood-spattered red robes, his face partially wrapped in a matching cloth as he stands amid what appear to be broken feathers and debris against a soft pink backdrop. The quiet intensity of the image — bruised, composed, surrounded by the aftermath of violence — captures exactly the kind of intimate yet epic tone Brian K. Vaughan and Staples brought to this series in 2012. "Chapter Seven" promises another chapter of this wholly original sci-fi fantasy world that rewards readers who have been following along from the start.