Buck Rogers #4

Two figures in sleek black suits trimmed with glowing white circuitry clash on the rust-red surface of an alien world, Earth hanging luminous in the star-filled sky behind them — it's a striking visual tension between familiar home and dangerous frontier. John Cassaday's cover for Buck Rogers #4 from Dynamite captures the spirit of pulp sci-fi adventure with a thoroughly modern edge, as a futuristic pistol tumbles through the air mid-struggle. Scott Beatty's "Future Shock Part Four: Red Means Dead" promises that this crimson landscape holds serious stakes for everyone on that rocky ridge.