Deadly Class #27

Set against a rain-soaked black backdrop blazing with neon-pink and yellow Chinese signage, this issue's cover drops a young woman — battered, wide-eyed, and gripping a katana — directly beneath the looming outline of a monstrous, tattooed figure. Wes Craig's linework crackles with electric urgency, the neon chaos of what feels like a Chinatown streetscape pressing in from every angle as she braces for whatever's bearing down on her. Rick Remender, Craig, and Jordan Boyd's Deadly Class continues to deliver that singular blend of teen dread and operatic menace that makes this series so hard to put down.