Aliens / Vampirella #4

This co-published Dynamite/Dark Horse crossover reaches its fourth chapter with a cover by Gabriel Hardman that puts the tension front and center: Vampirella — clad in her signature red costume — recoils in alarm as a massive Xenomorph looms over her through a tangle of jungle foliage, its elongated skull and bared inner jaws filling nearly the entire background. Writer Corinna Bechko and artist Javier Garcia-Miranda continue their collaboration on this 2015 series that dares to pit one of horror comics' most enduring figures against one of science fiction's most feared creatures. If you've been following this unlikely pairing, issue four promises the kind of close-quarters dread that this cover delivers so vividly.