East of West #19

Against a searing blood-red sky above a stark desert silhouette of cacti and darkened hills, a lone white-haired figure stands dwarfed beneath a hovering mechanical orb — an image that perfectly captures the eerie, apocalyptic tension at the heart of East of West. Nick Dragotta's minimalist cover design is quietly stunning, letting negative space and that burning crimson atmosphere do the heavy lifting. Jonathan Hickman, Dragotta, and Frank Martin's alternate-history saga continues in this May 2015 installment, titled "This Is Why We Kill" — a title that speaks for itself.