30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow #2

Bill Sienkiewicz's painted cover for this 2007 IDW series delivers an immediate jolt of dread: a massive tracked snow vehicle barrels through a blizzard-whipped darkness, its headlights cutting through the chaos while a pale, skull-like vampiric face looms ominously in the foreground. The tension between machine and monster feels perfectly pitched for Steve Niles's Arctic horror world, where the long Alaskan night offers no safe harbor. If you've been following Beyond Barrow, this second issue promises the same unsettling atmosphere that makes this series such a compelling extension of the 30 Days of Night universe.