Beyond! #3

The third chapter of Marvel's six-part Beyond! limited series puts a heavily armored, red-eyed villain front and center — weapon raised, looming over a small group of heroes seen from behind as smoke and wreckage fill the alien landscape around them. Scott Kolins's cover work crackles with menace, framing the standoff as an almost point-of-view threat bearing down on characters including a blue-skinned figure and a red-haired woman. With Dwayne McDuffie at the helm and a story titled "Dead Man Walking," issue three promises the kind of tense, high-stakes drama that makes a six-issue series feel far too short.