Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3

Issue #3 of Dark Horse's Buffy the Vampire Slayer series finds the Slayer in the thick of it — the cover by Joe Bennett shows Buffy fiercely wielding a stake and what appears to be a broken chair leg, surrounded by shadowy, clawed demons while two other figures are caught in the chaos around her. It's a kinetic, tightly composed scene that captures the scrappy, no-backup energy that defines Buffy at her best. With Watson, Bennett, Ketcham, and Major all on board, "Cold Turkey" looks like a worthy chapter in this 1998 Dark Horse run.