The Spire

In the grim, isolated city of The Spire, a towering monument to social stratification, Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely crafted a dark fantasy mystery for Boom! Studios. This 2015–2016, eight-issue series follows a conflicted, outcast sheriff investigating a brutal murder that threatens to unravel the city's rigid, caste-based society. Stokely's lush, expressive art brings the bizarre, organic architecture and strange creatures of this world to life, while Spurrier weaves a tense, character-driven thriller about prejudice, duty, and rebellion. A sharply imagined standalone epic, The Spire stands as a potent example of creator-owned worldbuilding in the mid-2010s.