Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #17

Part two of "Time of Your Life" arrives with a cover by Jo Chen that pulls the eye downward into a swirling, luminescent vortex — Buffy and a purple-haired companion look on with alarm from above, while a menacing red-eyed demon creature dominates the foreground below. The unsettling perspective and cool teal energy give the whole image a sense of dimensional unease that fits the arc's tone perfectly. With Joss Whedon writing and Karl Moline on interior art, this 2008 Dark Horse entry delivers the kind of supernatural tension that made Season Eight such a compelling continuation of the Buffyverse.