Strange Adventures #3

Part three of Tom King's twelve-issue DC Black Label series continues with a cover by Mitch Gerads that is quietly stunning — a spaceman in a helmet pressing his face close to kiss a dark-haired woman, the two figures bathed in cool blue starlight against a vast, star-scattered cosmos. The intimacy of the moment set against that infinite backdrop gives the image a bittersweet, almost melancholy warmth that perfectly suits the series' tone. If "Strange Adventures" has you asking "Amazing Science Fiction?" right alongside its own cover tagline, issue three makes a compelling case that the answer is yes.