Steampunk #6

Part one of "Mechanica Sundown" kicks off in this 2001 WildStorm entry in Chris Bachalo and Richard Friend's steampunk series, and the cover makes an immediate impression — a confident blonde woman in ornate, gear-adorned armor stands front and center, one gloved hand raised, while a hulking armored figure looms behind her amid a tangle of mechanical wreckage. The amber-toned composition crackles with industrial energy, gears and corroded machinery framing the duo as if the world itself is grinding to a halt around them. With Joe Kelly on words and Bachalo's intricate linework brought to life by Richard Friend's inks, this "Monsters"-subtitled chapter promises the series firing on all cylinders.