Descender #9

Dustin Nguyen's gorgeous watercolor cover for Descender #9 captures a scene of urgent chaos: a pale, red-haired android woman lies injured and unconscious amid battered industrial machinery, while a young boy in a jacket braces himself against a viewport filled with a brilliant, shattering explosion just beyond the hull. In the foreground, a weary, dark-haired man looks on with a haunted expression, the weight of the moment etched across his face. Jeff Lemire and Nguyen's sci-fi series continues with "Machine Moon: Part Three," and this cover alone makes a compelling case for why Descender is one of 2016's most visually striking ongoing titles.