StormWatch #10

A quietly powerful image anchors this 1998 WildStorm entry in Warren Ellis's acclaimed StormWatch run — a solitary, muscular figure in a dark tactical suit stands with his back to the viewer, glancing over his shoulder while holding what appears to be a crumpled, broken weapon dangling from his hand. The tagline "Crossroads of Crisis!" and that understated, almost melancholy pose suggest a team — and a character — at a pivotal turning point. Bryan Hitch's cover pencils and inks deliver a confident minimalism that makes the white negative space feel just as charged as the figure itself.