Aliens: Kidnapped #3

The three-issue Aliens: Kidnapped miniseries reaches its violent conclusion with this 1998 Dark Horse finale, and Kilian Plunkett's cover art makes the stakes unmistakably clear — a massive Xenomorph dominates the foreground amid pools of blood while human figures scramble desperately in the chaos behind it. The raw, visceral energy of Plunkett's linework captures everything that makes the Aliens universe so relentlessly tense. With Jim Woodring, Justin Green, and Francisco Solano López steering the story, this is a satisfying payoff for anyone who followed the series from the start.