Supreme Power #18

Supreme Power's MAX Comics run delivers mature superhero storytelling at its most grounded, and issue #18 brings that tension into sharp focus. Gary Frank's cover centers on a confident woman in a leather jacket and a powerfully built man in a plain white t-shirt standing together in the foreground, while looming faces — including a pale, masked figure and a glowering redhead crackling with energy — fill the background alongside a small running figure in blue. With J. Michael Straczynski's script titled "Exhibit R: The Statement of Mark Milton," this 2005 chapter promises the kind of morally complex, human-scaled drama that made this series stand apart from mainstream superhero fare.