The Victories #3

The third chapter of Michael Avon Oeming's five-part series arrives with a cover that's hard to shake — a caped, horned figure stands blood-soaked against a fiery urban skyline, surrounded by a haunting array of reaching, disembodied hands clawing in from every direction. Oeming's bold linework and Nick Filardi's scorched amber and crimson palette give the image a raw, visceral atmosphere that perfectly suits a story titled "Hands On." Dark Horse's The Victories continues to carve out its own grim corner of superhero fiction, and this installment looks like it earns every drop of that tension.