The Wild Storm #1

Three figures emerge from a Central Park South subway entrance on a grey, wind-scattered New York afternoon — a white-haired woman in a striking red coat, blood on her face, walks in the foreground while two others follow close behind, splashes of red marking the steps beneath them. The restrained palette of grey and crimson gives Jon Davis-Hunt's cover an immediately cinematic tension, signaling that this 2017 relaunch means serious, grounded business for the WildStorm universe. Warren Ellis and Davis-Hunt (with colorist Ivan Plascencia's precise use of red as the cover's sole accent) make a compelling first impression with issue #1 of what promises to be a tightly crafted 24-issue series.