Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #3

Buffy stands defiant at the center of Ario Anindito's striking cover for this 2023 BOOM! Studios issue, stake in hand and surrounded by a mass of fallen and looming vampiric figures rendered in a cool, eerie blue. The image captures her as a lone, battle-worn warrior — outnumbered but utterly unintimidated — which makes a compelling case for why this series carries the weight of that word "last" in its title. With Casey Gilly writing and art from Oriol Roig, Nicola Izzo, and colorist Gloria Martinelli inside, issue #3 looks like a worthy continuation of this atmospheric reimagining.