Barbarella #7

Dynamite's Barbarella #7 arrives with a striking cover by Carla Cohen, presenting the galaxy-spanning adventurer in a form-fitting red latex ensemble, arms crossed with cool self-assurance, as a wide-eared fennec fox peers out from below her. The pairing of Barbarella's piercing gaze with that unexpectedly charming little companion gives the image a wonderful tension between toughness and warmth. Inside, writer Sarah Hoyt and artist Madibek Musabekov continue the series with the tantalizingly titled "The Land Before Time's Running Out!" — which promises the kind of clever, time-tinged adventure this book does so well.