By Night #8

Something about cutting into a birthday cake has these three young people looking deeply uneasy — the blue-haired figure gripping the knife wears an expression somewhere between determination and dread, while her two companions peer over the candlelit confection with wide, wary eyes. Christine Larsen's artwork gives the scene a wonderfully off-kilter tension, turning what should be a cheerful celebration into something far more charged. By Night #8 from BOOM! Box is the kind of issue that reminds you this series never lets a quiet moment stay quiet for long.