Sovereign Seven #2

Chris Claremont's ambitious 1995 DC series hits its second issue with a cover that sets an immediately tense mood: a purple-costumed heroine lies sprawled and battered across shattered debris in the foreground, while a menacing cloaked figure looms over her from the shadows above. Dwayne Turner's cover art — both pencils and inks his own — renders the vulnerability of the fallen fighter against the quiet threat of her unseen adversary with striking dramatic contrast. If "The Twelve Chairs" is the story inside, this cover promises the stakes are already very, very high.