Swamp Thing #36

Part of DC's New 52 line, Swamp Thing #36 arrives in January 2015 with a cover by Jesús Saiz that's equal parts haunting and tender — the mossy, luminous form of Swamp Thing enveloping a white-haired woman in what reads as both an embrace and a warning, dark energy crackling around her hand. Against a backdrop of strange, industrial machinery crawling with shadowy figures, the image carries real emotional weight. Charles Soule's story "Calibration" and Saiz's interior art, colored by Matt Hollingsworth, promise the same blend of otherworldly atmosphere and human feeling on display right here on the cover.