Saga #72

Fiona Staples' cover for Saga #72 is a disarmingly tender close-up of a wide-eyed baby seal — dressed in what appears to be a jacket — gazing out with an expression that somehow manages to be both innocent and quietly unsettling. Brian K. Vaughan and Staples have never been afraid to subvert expectations, and this remarkably intimate portrait of an unlikely subject sets a curious, evocative tone for Chapter Seventy Two. A quietly confident entry in one of Image Comics' most inventive ongoing series.