Stormwatch: P.H.D. #23

The Post-Human Division assembles in force on Leandro Fernández's cover for issue #23, with a team of armored and street-ready operatives striding forward from a wall of orange flame — a blonde woman in a white suit at the fore, a heavily tattooed soldier gripping an assault rifle to one side, and a pair of combatants locked in a mid-air struggle above them all. It's a confident, battle-worn ensemble portrait that captures exactly the kind of boots-on-the-ground superhero tension that made Ian Edginton's run on this WildStorm title stand out in 2009. If you've been following the P.H.D. team, this is one cover that delivers on the promise of high-stakes action.