Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5

Issue five of Image Comics' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles delivers a cover that immediately communicates high-stakes danger: all four Turtles advance together through a rubble-strewn battlefield, weapons drawn and battle-worn, while a massive, muscular figure looms in the foreground — seemingly fallen but still an overwhelming physical presence. The scale contrast between the hulking body and the determined team charging past the debris makes for a genuinely striking composition. If this cover is any indication, the Image era's grittier, harder-edged take on the heroes in a half shell is in full force here.