Hack/Slash #10

Cover A of Hack/Slash #10 confronts you immediately with a scene of raw menace: a massive, scarred and glowing-eyed monster has a dark-haired woman in a black dress seized by the throat, her expression caught mid-scream against a stark black void. The cover pencils and inks by Tim Seeley give the image a tense, horror-movie energy that fits perfectly with the series' slasher-genre roots. With part two of "Interdimensional Women's Prison Breakout" underway, this 2011 Image Comics issue promises the kind of high-stakes dread that keeps Hack/Slash fans coming back.