Static: Shadows of Dakota #4

Dark energy crackles from both hands of a figure whose face is half-consumed by a shadowy, tendril-like mass — a striking image of power teetering on the edge of control — on Nikolas Draper-Ivey's cover for Static: Shadows of Dakota #4. Draper-Ivey pulls triple duty as writer, artist, and cover creator here, joined by co-writer Vita Ayala and colorist Wil Quintana, whose deep purples and electric whites give the cover an almost hypnotic intensity. "Episode Four: Light and Darkness" promises exactly the kind of charged, atmospheric storytelling that has made this 2023 Milestone 30th anniversary series a genuinely compelling chapter in Static's history.