Fear Agent #7

Heath Huston — billed as "the last Fear Agent" — sits chained and defiant behind glowing energy bars, surrounded on all sides by grotesque alien creatures and hulking robotic figures in this striking seventh issue from Image Comics. Tony Moore's cover work captures Huston's battered, orange-suited form hemmed in by a spiked beast, a slithering green alien, and armored mechanoids, conveying a genuine sense of impossible odds without tipping into melodrama. Rick Remender, Jerome Opeña, and colorist Michelle Madsen bring "The Eye of Chaos" to life with the kind of pulpy sci-fi energy that made this series a standout of 2006.