Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8

Issue eight of Dark Horse's Buffy the Vampire Slayer series sets the stage with a cover — penciled by Randy Green and inked by Tim Townsend — that puts Buffy front and center in a red top, wooden stake firmly in hand, crouching in a defensive stance beside what looks unmistakably like a film projector and reel. Looming behind her is a fanged, cape-wearing vampire, clawed hands outstretched and teeth bared, making the Hollywood-adjacent setting of "The Final Cut" feel immediately threatening. It's a sharp, kinetic composition that captures the show's blend of everyday settings and supernatural menace right at home in 1999.