Spread #8

Image's Spread continues its visceral, post-apocalyptic survival story with issue #8, and this cover delivers an arresting image: a young girl, bloodied and defiant, stands her ground amid a nightmarish landscape overrun by grotesque red biomass creatures, a blade in each hand and pure steel in her eyes. The contrast of her small frame against the looming, fleshy horrors surrounding her makes for a genuinely striking composition, brought to life by the cover work of Strahm and Sobreiro. Justin Jordan's series has never shied away from putting its most vulnerable characters in the most dangerous situations, and this 2015 Image release makes that tension unmistakably clear.