Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #9

Two versions of Buffy face each other across a jagged, blood-red tear in the image — one dressed casually in a coffee-shop apron, the other in an elegant teal dress with pearls — while a snarling vampire lurches menacingly through the rift between them. Phil Noto's cover for this 2012 Dark Horse issue perfectly captures the duality at the heart of "Apart (of Me), Part Two," with the contrast between the two figures suggesting a self divided against itself. With Andrew Chambliss and Scott Allie writing and Cliff Richards on interior art, Season 9 continues to push Buffy into compelling new territory.