I Am Groot #5

The finale of "The Forgotten Door" arrives with a cover that perfectly captures the desperate stakes: a tiny Groot is caught in the coiling grip of a massive purple tentacled creature high above, while Rocket Raccoon scrambles upward in a panic and two other figures — one unmistakably green-skinned — reach frantically from below. Marco D'Alfonso's composition pulls your eye on a breathless vertical journey from the would-be rescuers at the bottom all the way up to that writhing cosmic threat overhead. With Hastings and Flaviano wrapping up their five-part run, this is a satisfying cap to a series that put Marvel's beloved living tree through his paces.