Dark Horse Comics #25

Dark Horse Comics #25 (1994) features a striking cover — credited to pencillers Russ Heath and Paul Mendoza with inks by Heath and Jim Royal — that plunges a heavily armored, unmasked Predator into a shallow, alien-acid-green swamp, surrounded on all sides by a pack of snarling Xenomorphs closing in from every direction. The Predator stands defiant, gripping a spear and a blade, with at least one fallen Alien already at its feet, making the sheer odds on display genuinely thrilling. Inside, the anthology's lead story, "Minute of Midnight Part One: Operation Miasma," comes from writer Doug Moench and artist Russ Heath — a great reason to crack this one open beyond the already-compelling cover.