Dreadstar #45

In "Roll Out the... Welcome Mat," Jim Starlin and Daina Graziunas deliver a tense, atmospheric chapter of Dreadstar, spotlighting Jack Avery’s unsettling calculations as he contemplates his next move with regard to Chuck. The mood grows even more uneasy when a plant creature makes a desperate bid to breach the ship’s force field—though it fails, its survival hints at deeper, unspoken threats lurking in the shadows. Jim Starlin’s distinctive art, both in the interior and on the cover by Angel Medina and Bob Dvorak, lends the issue a haunting, otherworldly edge.