Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #2

Set in the 'verse created by Joss Whedon, this 2021 collected chapter from Boom! Studios brings the "Blue Sun Rising" arc to its second installment with real dramatic weight. Nimit Malavia's cover is a striking, symmetrical composition — a helmeted figure dominates the center, surrounded by a kaleidoscopic arrangement of faces rendered in cool greens and golds, while a solitary dark-clad figure stands in the foreground below. Greg Pak and Lalit Kumar Sharma continue steering the Firefly crew through the shadow of the Blue Sun Corporation, and this volume feels like exactly the kind of ambitious sci-fi storytelling the franchise deserves.