The Shadow #22

Alex Ross's painted cover for The Shadow #22 pulls together a richly layered pulp tableau — a brooding close-up of Lamont Cranston dominates the foreground, while the crimson, looming presence of the Shadow himself watches from above, and background vignettes tease a biplane pilot, a glamorous woman in red, and a tuxedoed figure caught in tense conversation. Dynamite's 2014 series continues to honor the classic pulp hero's atmosphere of mystery and danger, and Ross's painterly composition captures that world-within-a-world feeling that makes the Shadow such an enduring figure. Writer Chris Roberson and artist Giovanni Timpano bring their talents to the interior, promising another atmospheric chapter in this noir-drenched adventure.