Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins #9

Part 2 of the "Betrayal" arc puts Ms. Montesi and Professor Hastings in immediate peril — and the cover by Rurik Tyler and Bud LaRosa makes that crystal clear, with an armed, scarred man leveling a gun while he grabs a blue-haired woman by the throat, a downed figure sprawled helplessly in the foreground. The tagline "The Hunt Begins!" promises that 1993's "Dragon Month" tie-in raises the stakes considerably for this corner of Marvel's supernatural landscape. Dark, tense, and grounded in genuine threat, this is exactly the kind of mid-series installment that keeps readers hooked.