Krampus #3

From Image Comics' 2014 series comes this striking third issue of Krampus!, presenting a desolate desert scene where the horned creature himself lies collapsed and motionless in the sand, surrounded by a vast flock of circling, swooping birds of prey while a large vulture looms ominously close in the foreground. The washed-out orange sky and barren rock formations give the whole image a haunting, almost mythic atmosphere — things are clearly not going well for the legendary beast. Joines, Kotz, Riley, and Pritchett deliver a cover that trades holiday menace for something far more unsettling and genuinely compelling.