Basilisk #5

Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf's Basilisk reaches its fifth chapter with a cover that commands attention: a hooded figure in a long teal coat stands amid the rubble of a devastated small-town streetscape, eyes concealed behind a blue blindfold, knife in one hand and a large black crow perched on the other, smiling with an unsettling calm. A sweeping blue shape looms in the sky behind them, amplifying the eerie atmosphere that Alex Guimarães renders in deep, moody blues punctuated by vivid pink splatter. It's a striking image that perfectly captures the quietly dangerous tone of this BOOM! Studios series.