28 Days Later #16

A figure huddles behind thick iron bars on Sean Phillips's stark, mostly monochromatic cover, with the crumbling architecture of what appears to be Edinburgh looming in the bleak background — it's a quietly devastating image of confinement set against the backdrop of a ravaged world. Boom! Studios' 28 Days Later #16 (2010) captures the post-Rage Britain atmosphere with the kind of restrained dread that makes the series so compelling. With Michael Alan Nelson writing and Alejandro Aragon on interior art, this is a strong installment from a creative team that clearly understands how suffocating survival can feel.