Deadly Class #12

The cover of Deadly Class #12 tells its own harrowing story: two teenagers tumble through the air in freefall, bricks scattering around them, while a pair of snarling black dogs lunges from a crumbling wall above — the whole scene rendered with striking negative space by Wes Craig and colored in Lee Loughridge's moody deep reds. Rick Remender's acclaimed series about a school for assassins keeps delivering the kind of visceral, off-balance dread that made it one of Image's most talked-about titles of 2015. If you want a comic that captures genuine panic in a single frozen moment, this cover alone makes a compelling case.