Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #38

The third chapter of "Last Gleaming" arrives in this penultimate stretch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, and Jo Chen's painted cover sets a deeply emotional tone — a dark-haired man cradles a limp, red-clad Buffy against a shadowy, cavernous background, the tenderness of his hold at odds with the evident urgency of the moment. It's the kind of image that makes you feel the weight of the season's emotional stakes before you've even turned a page. With Joss Whedon and Scott Allie scripting alongside the interior art team of Georges Jeanty, Andy Owens, and Michelle Madsen, this 2010 installment promises the ambitious scope that has defined Dark Horse's continuation of the Buffy saga.