Dark Horse Presents #2

A robed figure gestures toward a luminous Earth from atop a hovering craft while a bald man in a yellow uniform looks on — Steve Parkhouse's cover for this 2014 anthology sets a quietly otherworldly tone that perfectly suits the "Resident Alien and Other Tales" banner. At 48 pages, the issue is packed with variety, including contributions from Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's Action Philosophers!, a new Aliens story by Chris Roberson, and Jordie Bellaire and Declan Shalvey's Banjo. A ghostly woman's face looms in the lower foreground, adding an air of mystery that ties neatly into the ongoing Sam Hain storyline from Peter Hogan and Parkhouse.