Aliens: Defiance #8

Dark Horse's Aliens: Defiance #8 puts its lone human protagonist front and center, firing a pulse rifle into a shadowy Xenomorph at close range while an enormous, looming alien dominates the background above her — a cover by Stephanie Hans that captures the suffocating scale of the threat with gorgeous, atmospheric cool tones. Brian Wood's series continues its tense, survival-driven narrative with artist Tony Brescini and colorist Dan Jackson bringing the interior pages to life. If you've been following this 2016 run, "Episode Eight: Environmental" promises exactly the kind of desperate, outnumbered confrontation the title has been building toward.