Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #27

Part two of "Retreat" arrives in this 2009 Dark Horse installment of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, with a cover painted by Jo Chen that radiates an unexpected stillness — two figures share delicate tea bowls against a luminous, mountainous backdrop, while a submarine and grazing yaks ground the scene in something altogether stranger. The juxtaposition of quiet intimacy and that very unconventional landscape hints at the Slayer's world taking a decidedly offbeat turn. Jane Espenson scripts, with interior art by Georges Jeanty, and the whole package carries that signature blend of warmth and weirdness that makes this season's comic continuation so compelling.