Supreme Power #1

Marvel's MAX imprint launched this mature-readers series in 2003 with a cover that speaks volumes without a single word: a young, pale-eyed child wrapped tightly in an American flag kneels alone on a cracked, glowing surface, his gaze unnervingly cold and intense. Gary Frank's painted-style linework gives the image a quiet dread — something about this boy wrapped in stars and stripes feels less like innocence and more like a warning. J. Michael Straczynski and Frank's "Contact" promises a grounded, unsettling take on power, identity, and the weight of national mythology.