Strange Adventures #1

Tom King and Mitch Gerads launch this twelve-issue DC Black Label series with a cover that immediately signals something is wrong — Adam Strange stands in his red-and-white uniform, helmet tucked under his arm, while graffiti scrawled across his body calls him a "liar," "war criminal," and "monster," with a targeting reticle looming behind him. It's a striking image of a celebrated hero viewed through a very different lens, the kind of opening statement that makes you want to turn the page immediately. Gerads' painterly, distressed cover work sets a tone that feels both deeply human and genuinely unsettling for chapter one of what promises to be a bold reinvention.