Elephantmen #74

That cover demands your attention — a massive, battle-scarred rhinoceros-hybrid face fills the frame almost entirely, glaring out with cold, yellow eyes, its hide cracked and patched with what appear to be medical bandages, radiating menace and hard-won damage. The subtitle "Weaponized" sets the tone perfectly for this Image series about genetically engineered human-animal soldiers, and the creative team of Starkings, Medellin, Roshell, Comicraft, and Cook deliver a striking piece of 2016 comics art that's as unsettling as it is compelling. Fans of Elephantmen's dark science-fiction world will find this issue's presentation — raw, brutalist, and unflinching — right in step with the series at its best.