Angel: Illyria: Haunted #1

Illyria takes center stage on this striking cover by Jenny Frison — the blue-skinned Old One raises a wicked blade overhead with one hand while cradling a luminous red flower in the other, her violet eyes cast upward in an expression caught between power and vulnerability. Flanking her in the background are two smaller figures: a coiled, monstrous form on the left and what appears to be a lone human woman on the right, hinting at the layered conflicts surrounding this ancient goddess-demon. Writers Scott Tipton and Mariah Huehner, with artist Elena Casagrande, launch this 2010 IDW miniseries promising a deeper look at one of the Buffyverse's most compelling and enigmatic characters.