The Dreaming #14

Part of DC's Sandman Universe imprint, The Dreaming #14 brings writer Simon Spurrier and artist Matías Bergara's atmospheric series to issue fourteen with a story titled "Shevirat, the Shattering." Yanick Paquette's cover is a striking composition: a sharp-featured young woman gazes intently over a chessboard, her hands poised above the squares, while chess pieces rendered as the dream realm's strange inhabitants — a winged figure, a raven, a horned creature, and others — populate the board around her. The amber-toned background and the sense of careful, weighty strategy make this a visually compelling entry in one of Vertigo's most atmospheric ongoing series.