Basilisk #4

Chapter Four of Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf's dark BOOM! Studios series arrives with a cover that's as meditative as it is unsettling — a shirtless, tattooed man sits cross-legged on a rocky outcrop, his back turned to us, a large runic compass symbol filling his skin as a raven spreads its wings against a blazing sunset sky. Alex Guimarães's colors bathe the mountain landscape in deep reds and cool blues, giving the whole image a quiet, ominous gravity. If "Consequences" is the chapter's promise, this beautifully rendered cover suggests the reckoning is being faced with eerie calm.