Hack/Slash #24

Image Comics' long-running slasher series delivers a genuinely unsettling Cover A for issue #24, dominated by a grotesque, scarred figure clutching a large blade directly in front of his mangled face — the knife's edge splitting the composition right down the middle. The raw, blood-red color palette and tally-mark scratches etched into the blade give the image a tense, almost ritualistic quality that fits Hack/Slash's horror DNA perfectly. If you've been following the series through 2013, this cover makes a compelling case that the threats Cassie faces are as visceral as ever.