Annihilators: Earthfall #3

The third chapter of this 2012 Marvel limited series arrives with a striking cover by John Tyler Christopher — a white-haired, purple-clad figure with glowing red eyes rises defiantly amid a heap of fallen heroes, clutching a small object and radiating an unsettling, otherworldly menace. Titled "Childhood's End," the issue promises the kind of cosmic-scale tension that writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning built their reputation on, with interior art by Tan Eng Huat. With only one installment left in the series, the stakes visible on this cover feel bracingly high.