The Atlantis Chronicles #6

The penultimate chapter of Peter David and Esteban Maroto's sweeping DC miniseries arrives with a cover that earns its "The War" banner — Maroto's artwork plunges us into a churning underwater battlefield where a blond, gold-bracered warrior surges forward with arms outstretched, surrounded by armored soldiers, spear-wielding fighters, sea creatures, and the distant spires of an Atlantean city under siege. It's a richly layered composition, dense with combatants and tension, that speaks to the epic scope David brought to this saga of Atlantis's ancient history. With only one issue left to go, issue #6 makes a strong case that this 1990 series deserves a place on any shelf alongside the finest DC mythology of its era.