The Boys: Highland Laddie #4

Spinning out of Garth Ennis and John McCrea's world of The Boys, this penultimate chapter of Highland Laddie features a cover by Darick Robertson that puts a young blonde girl in a white star-emblazoned costume front and center, clutching a small furry creature while a crowd of anxious-looking child superheroes — masked, goggled, and costumed — press in around her under the watchful eye of a suited adult looming in the background. The mix of wide-eyed unease and superhero pageantry on that cover perfectly captures the unsettling undertone that made this 2010 spinoff so memorable. Story title "A Young Man's Fancy" promises the kind of sharp, character-driven storytelling fans of this universe have come to expect.