Saucer Country #5

Two figures face each other in intense, close confrontation on Ryan Kelly's cover for this September 2012 Vertigo title — a determined young woman and an older man with a distinguished mustache, their hands nearly touching against a swirling backdrop of glowing diagrams that hint at alien encounters, abductions, and cosmic mysteries. Paul Cornell's "Run Conclusion" promises the payoff of the arc's building tensions, and Kelly's cover composition makes it clear that whatever secrets these two characters share, they're about to come to a head. It's a gripping visual for fans of politically charged sci-fi with a distinctly human heart.