Starstruck #1

Dark Horse's Starstruck: The Expanding Universe kicks off with Volume 1, Book 1, bringing Elaine Lee and M.W. Kaluta's distinctive sci-fi world to a new audience. Kaluta's cover art unfolds in a series of panels depicting a red-haired woman in various states of distress or vulnerability, her dramatic costuming rendered in his characteristically fluid, art-nouveau-inflected style — while a cheerful small figure in a green outfit stands apart at the lower right, clutching what appears to be a book or case, providing a striking tonal contrast. It's an intriguing visual introduction to a series that has always played with scale, strangeness, and style in equal measure.