The Wicked + The Divine #33

Few covers speak as loudly through silence as this one — a stark black field bearing nothing but the series title, half of it printed upside-down, a quiet provocation that feels entirely in keeping with The Wicked + The Divine's sharp aesthetic sensibility. The inverted "THE DIVINE" suggests a world turned on its head, and the deliberate emptiness of the remaining space carries a weight that pulls you straight inside. Gillen, McKelvie, Wilson, and Cowles deliver a cover that trusts its audience completely, and in 2017 that kind of confident restraint is genuinely refreshing.