The Intrepids #6

The sixth and final issue of The Intrepids closes out Image's 2011 series with a cover that puts the team's rogues' gallery front and center — four young heroes' portraits line the left margin while a bold, black silhouette of a mechanized suit dominates the composition, its pink-accented joints popping against a collage of dramatic panels hinting at skulls, beasts, and mysterious figures. The tagline "Their Enemy Revealed" promises the payoff fans of Kurtis J. Wiebe and Scott Kowalchuk's mad-science adventure have been building toward. It's a sharp, design-forward image that captures everything this series does well: stylish energy, colorful menace, and a team of kids who've been tangling with threats far bigger than themselves.