The Maxx #32

Two faces lean in from opposite sides of the cover — a weathered, grizzled profile on the left and a young woman with her hair up and wire-rimmed glasses on the right — both fixed on a glowing, pumpkin-like object nestled between them, bathed in warm amber light against a swirling blue-and-gold background. Sam Kieth's painterly cover art gives this September 1997 Image issue an intimate, almost dreamlike tension that sets it apart from typical superhero fare. If you've been following The Maxx, issue #32 promises that same offbeat, emotionally charged energy the series does so well.