The Mice Templar Volume II: Destiny #6

This sixth chapter of The Mice Templar: Volume II — Destiny presents one of the series' most striking cover images: a trio of red-eyed bats rendered in moody watercolor grays, hanging inverted against a stormy sky, their ornate armor and wing-spans filling the frame with quiet menace. The restrained, near-monochromatic palette punctuated by those glowing crimson eyes gives the piece an eerie elegance that sets it well apart from typical 2010 superhero fare. Glass, Oeming, Santos, and Gandini continue to prove that anthropomorphic fantasy can carry real weight and atmosphere.