The Maxx #2

The second issue of Sam Kieth's dream-logic series pulls you straight into the Outback with a striking cover — a wild-haired woman in leopard-skin attire crouches with a staff amid lush foliage, a snarling leopard prowling at her feet, while a dark, swirling void and a glimpse of the Maxx's masked visage loom behind her. Kieth's linework, inked by his own hand, carries that unmistakable rawness that made The Maxx one of the more visually distinctive titles Image published in 1993. With Bill Messner-Loebs joining Kieth on the story "Stained Teeth, Deadly Teeth," this early chapter promises the same unsettling blend of urban grit and primal fantasy the series built its reputation on.