Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #20

Subtitled "The Watcher," this 2013 Dark Horse entry in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 puts a brooding male figure front and center on Phil Noto's cover, his gaze steady and weighted with quiet intensity — while a smaller image of a young red-haired woman is nestled within his silhouette, suggesting an inextricable connection between the two. It's a striking, painterly composition that conveys tension and guardianship without a single word of dialogue. Andrew Chambliss scripts, with Karl Moline on art and Andy Owens on inks, making this a strong creative team to carry the story wherever Noto's evocative cover promises it's headed.