Angel: After the Fall #11

Angel charges headlong through an inferno on the cover of this 2008 IDW series, weapon raised and jaw set, while the massive, tooth-lined maw of a monstrous creature looms at the frame's edge — an image that perfectly captures the harrowing, hellish stakes of After the Fall. The fiery orange backdrop and swirling demonic figures suggest a Los Angeles very far from anything resembling normal, and Stephen Mooney's cover art makes the tension feel genuinely visceral. With Joss Whedon and Brian Lynch steering the story and Nick Runge handling interior art, this is one of those issues where even the cover alone makes you want to turn the page.