Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - So'lek's Journey #4

The fourth chapter of Dark Horse's six-part So'lek's Journey brings intense energy to the page, with a fierce Na'vi warrior filling the cover — teeth bared, yellow eyes blazing, braided locs adorned with beads and feathers — as he thrusts a blade directly toward the viewer while snarling Pandoran creatures lunge along its edge. The lush, shadowy greens of Pandora's jungle canopy frame the scene beautifully, giving artist Gabriel Guzmán's detailed linework real atmosphere, with Michael Atiyeh's colors lending the blue skin and dense foliage a vivid, almost cinematic quality. At the series' midpoint in 2024, this issue looks like a compelling expansion of the Avatar universe that fans of both the films and the video game will want on their shelf.