Doctor Aphra #7

Part three of the five-part "Screaming Citadel" crossover event arrives in this 2017 Marvel issue, and the cover by Marco Checchetto sets an unsettling tone — a young man in a spacer's jacket sits surrounded by glowing holographic targeting displays, his expression tense and wary, while golden scorpion-like creatures crawl across his hands and chest. A red-ringed display behind him pulses with the silhouette of some larger, more menacing creature, hinting at dangers that go well beyond blasters and bounty hunters. With Kieron Gillen scripting and Andrea Broccardo on interior art, this is a vivid midpoint chapter in a story that clearly isn't short on dread.