Invincible #128

Allen the Alien dominates this cover, bloodied and battered but still snarling with defiance as spatters of purple-tinged blood cover his massive frame — and the cover's own tagline cheekily asks, "You guys up for another issue where something horrible happens to Allen?" That irreverent self-awareness is pure Invincible, and Ryan Ottley's cover art sells every ounce of bruising intensity with dynamic, up-close impact. Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Nathan Fairbairn, and the rest of the team keep this Skybound series firing on all cylinders in 2016.