Action Comics #1048 p.04 - Metallo! Splash

Action Comics #1048 p.04 - Metallo! SplashAngered that Metallo won't cave to the pressure of his offer, Lex Luthor walks out of his prison cell, making veiled threats. Beautiful and atmospheric page with great shadow play and ink wash to set the mood.

wash and smudged charcoal

face to face

Swamp Thing begins to sprout from within the creature's mouth

lighthearted moment which perfectly prefaces the seriousness to come

the Hedera

as well as of Levi and Jacob

continuing to be told only in widescreen panels

with scary

After Woodrue sets off the Darkness Machine

Lex arrives to speak with Manchester Black

He tells her that he's been playing the game for a very long time and that he doesn't see her a a threat yet and that he'd keep things that way if he were she

drawn on an oversized 13