Barbarella: The Center Cannot Hold #5

Barbarella looks every bit the seasoned space adventurer on Derrick Chew's striking cover for this fifth and final chapter of The Center Cannot Hold — she's poised inside what appears to be a cockpit or vehicle bay, clad in a gleaming red bodysuit with a gas mask hanging at her chest and a military-style cap pulled low over her piercing gaze. The brown jacket and faction insignia lend her a grounded, almost guerrilla edge that suits the arc's title beautifully. Writer Sarah Hoyt and artist Riccardo Bogani bring this 2023 Dynamite series to its conclusion, and the cover alone promises the kind of confident, high-stakes sci-fi that makes Barbarella such an enduring presence in comics.