Dancer #4

From Nathan Edmondson and Nic Klein, Dancer #4 delivers a cover as stark and unsettling as the series itself — a dark-clad figure crouching low over a blood-soaked floor, assault rifle gripped tight, rendered in a chilling palette of deep blues against washes of crimson red. Klein's painterly cover work gives the scene real weight, that pool of blood spreading across the ground with grim economy. Part of Image Comics' 20th anniversary line, this 2012 thriller continues to make a strong case for itself as one of the more atmospherically grounded spy books of its era.