George R.R. Martin's A Clash of Kings #7

Dynamite's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's A Clash of Kings reaches its seventh issue, and the cover by Mike S. Miller sets a tense, street-level scene: a red-clad figure bearing a lion crest holds a coin aloft, extending it toward a younger, plainly dressed boy while a crowd of rough-looking onlookers lurks in the shadowy archways behind them. The transaction — or confrontation — crackles with quiet unease, the kind of human-scale intrigue that makes Westeros feel as dangerous in its alleyways as on its battlefields. With the interior story brought to life by Landry Q. Walker, Mel Rubi, Ivan Nunes, and Tom Napolitano, this 2020 installment keeps Martin's sprawling world moving at a compelling pace.