UltraForce #7

Malibu Comics' Ultraforce #7 brings the "Smoke and Bone" arc to its conclusion with part 3 of 3, written by Warren Ellis and Ian Edginton. Darick Robertson's pencils and George Pérez's inks deliver a striking cover that crowds the frame with members of the team — a helmeted, caped figure dominates the upper half while a red-haired woman, a hulking green-skinned creature, and a dark-haired figure press in from below, all set against a stormy, divided sky. It's a moody, kinetic snapshot of the Ultraverse's premier super-team mid-crisis, with the kind of craft you'd expect from two of 1996's sharpest comics voices driving the story.