StormWatch #1

This 2013 DC Comics trade collecting Warren Ellis and Tom Raney's Stormwatch run opens with a Jim Lee–penciled, Tom Raney–inked cover that puts the team front and center: a silver-armored woman, a red-visored figure, a powerfully built white-haired man in tactical gear, and a dark-skinned teammate wreathed in glowing energy, all surging forward against a fiery backdrop. Ellis's sharp, morally complex approach to superhero fiction finds a strong visual partner in Raney's kinetic linework throughout the collected issues. At $19.99, Volume One is a solid entry point into one of DC's more hard-edged team books of the era.