Aliens / Predator: The Deadliest of the Species #10

Issue ten of twelve in this ambitious Dark Horse crossover brings Christopher Claremont and Eduardo Barreto's "Queen's Gambit" chapter to vivid life. John Bolton's cover art frames a fierce, scantily-clad woman with arms raised and blades in hand, while an enormous Alien Queen looms behind her like a dark cathedral, her clawed appendages curling menacingly around the human figure. With only two installments left in the series, the cover's charged imagery — a lone warrior apparently defiant before one of the universe's most formidable creatures — perfectly captures the high-stakes tension Claremont built across this twelve-issue run.