Silver Surfer: Black #1

Donny Cates and artist Tradd Moore launch this 2019 series with a cover that immediately signals something is wrong with the Sentinel of the Spaceways — a cool-toned Silver Surfer shown up close, his expression strained, as a dark corrupting force snakes up through one outstretched hand in vivid, unsettling rainbow hues against a near-total black void. The contrast between that kaleidoscopic stain and the Surfer's pale, sculpted form — rendered with fluid, almost liquid linework by Moore and colored by Dave Stewart — makes for one of the more visually striking #1 covers Marvel put out that year. "Black: One of Five" promises a cosmic journey into some very dark territory for Norrin Radd.