The Victories #13

Michael Avon Oeming's superhero series reaches its thirteenth issue with a cover that pulses with cosmic energy — a luminous, star-filled figure ascends at the center, flanked by two masked heroes whose clawed hands reach upward toward a blinding point of light. The stark contrast between that radiant cosmic form and the darkly armored characters below gives the image a genuinely arresting, almost mythic quality. Dark Horse continues to let Oeming's bold visual instincts drive this series in directions few superhero books dare to go.