Big Trouble in Little China / Escape from New York #5

Two of John Carpenter's most beloved tough guys — the eyepatch-wearing Snake Plissken and the ever-grinning Jack Burton — loom large behind a striking white acoustic guitar whose sound hole doubles as a skull, all rendered in Daniel Bayliss's vivid, psychedelic palette with colors by Tríona Farrell. This penultimate fifth issue of the six-part BOOM! Studios crossover brings Greg Pak's mashup of Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York to the brink of its finale. With one issue left to go, the cover alone makes a strong case that this collaboration has been one of 2017's more inventive genre crossovers.