The Victories #4

Michael Avon Oeming's creator-owned Dark Horse series delivers a striking penultimate chapter with this fourth issue of five. The cover, drawn and inked by Oeming himself, plunges us into a mid-air clash above a rain-soaked cityscape — a dark, caped figure collides with a snarling bald man crackling with green-yellow energy bursts, the two combatants locked in a collision that feels genuinely dangerous. It's a vivid snapshot of the series' gritty superhero sensibility, colored with moody urban atmosphere by Nick Filardi.