Abe Sapien #8

Spinning out of the Hellboy universe, Abe Sapien: The Desolate Shore captures the post-apocalyptic dread that defines this series so well — the cover, rendered by Sebastián Fiumara with colors by Dave Stewart, plunges you straight into chaos, with a massive, looming creature dominating a ruined cityscape while a wild-eyed human figure is hurled through smoke-choked, amber skies and a pale, spectral form bursts from the destruction between them. Fiumara's linework crackles with ferocious energy, and Stewart's smoldering palette of burnt oranges and deep shadow gives the whole scene a genuinely unsettling weight. If you've been following Abe's journey through a broken world, this 2017 volume promises more of the atmospheric, monster-haunted storytelling that makes this corner of the Hellboy mythos so compelling.