Fray #3

Joss Whedon's far-future Slayer series hits its third chapter with a cover that pulls no punches — a chaotic rooftop scramble sees a group of figures desperately taking cover behind a barricade while a hulking, hooded demon with a grotesque face advances menacingly from the right. Karl Moline and Andy Owens pack the composition with kinetic energy, from the sprawling bodies in the foreground to the tangle of characters — including a purple-haired woman — bracing for the threat bearing down on them. Published by Dark Horse in 2001, Fray continues to carve out its own gritty sci-fi corner of the Slayer mythology, and this installment looks like the tension is only escalating.