The Spirit #5

A can of "Spirit Brand Secret Sugar Action Pork and Beans — The Action Food for Outlaw Kids!" takes center stage on this delightfully playful cover, complete with a cartoon Spirit mascot flashing a peace sign and beans tumbling out the top alongside a generous strip of bacon. Darwyn Cooke, with inks by J. Bone and colors by Dave Stewart, brings a wonderfully absurdist wit to this June 2007 issue, packaging Denny Colt's masked alter ego as a grocery store staple with a wink and a grin. It's a genuinely charming piece of cover design that signals "Media Man" is going to have some fun with the Spirit's public image.