Battlestar Galactica #5

Dynamite's Battlestar Galactica #5 closes out its opening arc with a cover that puts the human-Cylon tension front and center — a young woman stares up with quiet intensity at a looming, red-eyed Cylon Centurion, the two faces nearly touching in an uncomfortably intimate standoff. Nigel Raynor's painted-style cover work renders both figures with striking detail, from the chain links at the woman's collar to the cold gleam of the Centurion's armored helm. Greg Pak's story, with art and inks by Raynor and colors by David Curiel, promises the same charged atmosphere the BSG universe does best.