American Vampire: Second Cycle #6

The Space Race collides with the supernatural in this April 2015 Vertigo entry, as cover artist Rafael Albuquerque presents a chilling image of a figure in an astronaut suit — glowing amber eyes burning behind the visor — looming before a launching United States rocket against a stark red-and-white starburst sky. The cold graphic design perfectly captures the tension between mid-century American ambition and something deeply, darkly wrong lurking within it. With Scott Snyder writing and Dave McCaig's bold colors anchoring the mood, "Dark Moon, Part 1" promises an unsettling new chapter for American Vampire: Second Cycle.