The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #8

Issue eight of DC's The Wild Storm: Michael Cray puts a formidable armored warrior front and center — a woman in golden-accented scale armor, red-gemmed belt, and a billowing dark cape, her lasso coiled at her hip as she grips a battered, bloodied man by the throat while another figure cowers at her side. The fiery orange-and-red backdrop gives the cover a scorched, dangerous intensity that suits this Wildstorm series perfectly. Bryan Hill's script is brought to life by N. Steven Harris and inker Dexter Vines inside, while the striking cover is the work of penciler Denys Cowan and inker Bill Sienkiewicz.