Fear Agent #20

The penultimate chapter of "Hatchet Job" arrives with a cover that captures the raw, pulpy thrill at the heart of Fear Agent — Heath Huston tumbles helplessly through a star-filled void in his orange spacesuit, oxygen hissing from his gear, while a red spacecraft hovers below and a planet takes a devastating impact in the distance. Jerome Opeña's cover linework crackles with kinetic energy, selling the desperate, anything-can-happen feeling that Rick Remender's series does so well. With one issue still to go in the arc, this 2008 Dark Horse entry is a fine showcase for a creative team firing on all cylinders.