Die #10

Issue ten of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans's acclaimed Image series brings a quietly menacing presence to the fore: a pale, sharp-fanged figure in an ornate teal coat and rich fur-trimmed robe raises a bloodied finger to their lips, crimson eyes gleaming against a bold red background fractured by the series' signature die-shaped geometry. Hans's painted cover work is stunning here — all deep jewel tones and unsettling intimacy, making this vampire-like figure feel both seductive and genuinely threatening. "The X-Card" promises another turn of the screw in this dark fantasy about role-playing games and the lives they consume.