Sea of Stars #3

The cover of Sea of Stars #3 draws the eye immediately into a breathtaking cosmic deep — a small, helmeted figure drifts above an enormous, luminous sea creature whose massive eye and textured body fill the lower half of the image, surrounded by vivid coral, darting fish, and the deep blues of what feels simultaneously like ocean and open space. Stephen Green's linework and Rico Renzi's colors make this tableau feel genuinely otherworldly, blending the wonders of the deep sea with the vast loneliness of the stars. Jason Aaron and Dennis Hallum's "Lost in the Wild Heavens" continues here, and if this cover is any indication, issue #3 is steeped in the kind of wide-eyed, quietly stunning science fiction that makes Image Comics such a rewarding place to explore.