Aliens: Colonial Marines #7

Issue seven of this twelve-part Dark Horse series delivers one of the most viscerally intense covers of 1993: a Colonial Marine, teeth gritted and pistol firing point-blank, locks in a desperate close-quarters struggle with a Xenomorph whose acidic blood sprays in a vivid yellow burst across the image. Robert Mentor's painted cover work pulls you right into the chaos, making the creature's looming carapace and razor claws feel uncomfortably close. With Paul Guinan and Tony Akins steering the interior, this mid-series chapter promises the gritty, high-stakes tension the Aliens universe does best.