Dark Horse Comics #3

Dark Horse Comics #3 brings together several of the publisher's properties in one anthology package, and the cover by David Roach sets a gripping tone — a terrified astronaut is pinned down on an alien surface while a sleek, snarling Xenomorph looms over him against a deep-space backdrop of planets and stars. The sense of helpless dread is palpable, with the suited figure's panic and the creature's predatory posture making it hard to look away. Inside, Sarah Byam and David Roach kick off "Horror Show: Part 1," promising the kind of dark, atmospheric storytelling that made Dark Horse a standout publisher in 1992.