Aliens: Fire and Stone #3

The penultimate chapter of Aliens: Fire and Stone arrives with a cover by David Palumbo that is quietly devastating — a Xenomorph looms out of pure darkness, its jaws parted and glistening, while a human skull rests beneath it like a grim trophy. That stark, painterly image says everything about the stakes Chris Roberson and Patric Reynolds have been building toward. With Dave Stewart's coloring deepening the shadows to near-black, this 2014 Dark Horse issue carries a dread that lingers well after you've set it down.