Sex #5

Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski's mature Image series continues with "Chapter Five: Quivers n' Shakes," and this cover sets the mood perfectly — a sharp-suited, red-tied man stands at the center of a vivid orange field, his lean frame dwarfed by a looming blue shadow that suggests something larger and more dangerous lurking just beneath the surface. The tagline "He's Got an Itch He Just Can't Scratch" does a lot of quiet work, hinting at a protagonist caught between restraint and desire. Kowalski's clean linework and Brad Simpson's bold two-tone palette make this one of the more visually striking covers in the series' 2013 run.