The Invisibles #1

Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez, and John Stokes kick off Volume 2 of one of Vertigo's most daring series with a cover by Brian Bolland that presents the cell in relaxed, almost playful fashion — five figures gathered together, including a young blond man, a glamorous woman in polka dots, a smiling woman with beaded hair, a red-curled figure in white face paint draped across an American flag, and a shirtless bald man in dark round glasses holding a lit firecracker. It's a portrait of controlled chaos, the team looking confident and a little dangerous, which suits a book about secret revolutionaries perfectly. "Black Science, Part One: Bangin'" promises the sharp, mind-bending storytelling that made this series a touchstone of 1997 Vertigo.