Cannon God Exaxxion #12

From the creator of Gunsmith Cats, Kenichi Sonoda's Cannon God Exaxxion #12 presents a quietly tense standoff between two very different figures: a young red-haired girl in a white dress and a tall, pale, pointed-eared alien woman in black who carries a mysterious orb-like object. The cover tagline — "Earth's fate hinges on the will of a young girl!" — lends this deceptively calm scene a genuine sense of weight and consequence. At a generous 48 pages, this Dark Horse manga edition gives readers plenty of Sonoda's sharp, detailed artwork to savor.