Starstruck #9

Issue nine of IDW's Starstruck delivers the wild, densely imagined science-fantasy that Elaine Lee, Mw Kaluta, C Vess, and Lee Moyer have made the series' signature. The cover plunges into glorious chaos: a goggled, armored woman leaps through a tangle of machinery and cables, sword in hand, while an array of round-bodied robots tumble and clatter around her amid the wreckage of what looks like an ornate, otherworldly structure. Below, a strip teases the Galactic Girl Guides themselves — cheerful young figures with a chicken and a mysterious crate — reminding you that 2010's Starstruck balances breathless action with a wonderfully offbeat sense of humor.