I, Vampire #6

Part of DC's New 52 line, I, Vampire #6 (April 2012) serves as a "Prelude to the Rise of the Vampires" — and Andrea Sorrentino's cover makes the stakes immediately clear. A wounded, kneeling vampire figure clutches his bloodied chest while a dark-haired woman looms over him from behind, a raised axe gripped in both hands and a cold, purposeful expression on her face. It's a tense, moody image rendered in Sorrentino's signature desaturated palette — all deep shadows and stark crimson — setting an ominous tone for whatever confrontation Joshua Hale Fialkov has in store.