The Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1

From BOOM! Studios, this 2021 series opener from writer Ram V and artist Filipe Andrade announces itself with a cover that's immediately arresting: a young woman rendered in cool teal tones falls spread-eagled above a sprawling, warm-hued cityscape, her long dark hair billowing dramatically upward as the urban grid stretches endlessly below her. The title — The Many Deaths of Laila Starr — promises something mythic and melancholy in equal measure, and Andrade's cover composition, colored beautifully by Inês Amaro, delivers exactly that tension between the cosmic and the achingly human. "Chapter 1: Once Upon A Falling Starr" is a genuinely compelling start to what looks like a deeply imaginative new series.