The Monarchy #7

Issue seven of WildStorm's The Monarchy arrives in November 2001 with a striking cover by John McCrea that splits the world in two — a cool blue-grey montage of the team's faces fills the left side, while an otherworldly clockwork machinery dominates the right in deep shadow. At the center, a glowing white silhouette stands arms raised, dividing light from dark in a way that feels genuinely charged. Writer Doselle Young and artist McCrea continue "Making the Metropolitan Part Two: Cold Water," and this cover alone promises that the series' blend of teamwork and cosmic unease is very much alive.