Fatale #14

Sean Phillips's cover for Fatale #14 sets the tone perfectly: a fierce, dark-haired woman in a leather jacket clutches a submachine gun, framed against a stark red circle while a massive, tentacled creature looms behind her — and a Nazi eagle emblem lurks in the corner, hinting at the dark historical territory this arc explores. Ed Brubaker and Phillips's noir-horror series continues to blend pulp dread with genuine menace, and this 2013 Image issue, titled "Just a Glance Away," looks like no exception. If you've been following Fatale, this cover alone makes a compelling case to keep going.