Chuck #3

The third issue of WildStorm's six-part adaptation of the hit spy-comedy series frames everything as a video game showdown, with a menacing dark-clad figure labeled "Blaine" squaring off against a nervous, wide-eyed Chuck in a Paris-set battle — the Eiffel Tower looming dramatically between them as Player 1 versus Player 2. Lurking in the shadowy background are a snarling leopard and a pair of glowering chimps, while a striking woman in black stands coolly at the center bottom, suggesting the stakes are anything but ordinary. Cover artist Kristian Donaldson's bold, graphic design perfectly captures the show's blend of everyday-guy anxiety and larger-than-life danger.