Dungeons & Dragons #12

A stocky, red-bearded dwarf in battered armor braces himself as a massive dark dragon looms directly behind him, its skeletal jaws and sweeping black wings filling the cover with genuine menace — Tyler Walpole's painted linework gives the confrontation a vivid, almost cinematic weight. IDW's Dungeons & Dragons #12 (2011) continues John Rogers' run with interior art from Nacho Arranz, Vicente Alcázar, and Andres Ponce, colored by Jesus Aburtov and Graphikslava. For fans of high-fantasy adventure with real craft behind it, this issue delivers exactly the kind of dragon-versus-warrior tension that makes the series so satisfying.