The Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk #2

Simon Bisley's interior artwork gets powerful company here, with an Alex Ross cover that dominates from the first glance — a blue-clad, masked warrior wrenches a gleaming blade through a chaotic urban backdrop of shattered glass and swirling debris. Published by Legendary in 2012, this second installment of GeistHawk continues Matt Wagner's grounded, atmospheric series with "Chapter Four: In Country," promising the kind of gritty tension that the cover's ferocious central figure radiates. If you've been following Tower's world, this is exactly the visceral, painterly package you'd hope to find next in the run.