Halo: Escalation #2

The cover of this 2014 Dark Horse entry in the Halo: Escalation series pulls you straight into a tense face-off: a determined human soldier fires point-blank at an enormous armored Elite, its fanged maw snarling as sparks fly between them and an eerie blue energy structure glows in the background. Anthony Palumbo's painted cover work captures the raw physicality of the clash with impressive depth and atmosphere. With Chris Schlerf writing and Sergio Ariño on interior art, this series delivers the grounded, high-stakes storytelling that Halo fans have come to expect from Dark Horse.