The Hypernaturals #5

A foreboding menace looms large on Francesco Mattina's cover for this fifth installment of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's sci-fi superhero series from BOOM! Studios — a glowering, grey-skinned figure crouches over a chessboard of glowing green pieces, his burning eyes radiating cold intelligence, while dark tendril-like limbs reach in from the foreground. The chess motif speaks volumes about the kind of calculated threat the Hypernaturals may be facing. With interior art from Tom Derenick and Andres Guinaldo, this 2012 series continues to deliver sharp genre storytelling with visuals to match.