The Wild Storm #22

With only two issues left in Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt's ambitious 24-issue series, issue #22 of The Wild Storm arrives at what feels like a pressure-cooker moment. Jon Davis-Hunt's cover assembles a striking ensemble — a winged figure in sleek white armor hovering overhead, a woman in a Union Jack shirt standing resolute at center, a masked figure in black, a levitating young man with arms crossed, and two more characters flanking the group against a backdrop of churning smoke and distant flames. It's a tense, beautifully composed image that captures the series' signature blend of cool-headed characters and a world quietly burning around them.