Darth Vader #8

The cover to Star Wars: Darth Vader #8 presents a striking and deeply unsettling image: a scarred, bare-torso Anakin Skywalker seated in meditation before a blazing, fiery planet, while the components of Vader's armor — helmet, mechanical arm, chest panel, cape, and lightsaber — orbit him in chains, as if suspended by the Force itself. It's a quietly powerful composition that speaks to the tension between the man and the machine he has become. The creative team of Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Daniele Orlandini, and David Curiel bring a painterly intensity to this 2018 chapter of "The Dying Light Part II.