Lady Killer #3

Dark Horse's Lady Killer #3 (2015) delivers one of the series' most wickedly clever covers, courtesy of Joëlle Jones: our glamorous red-dressed heroine moves through a lively tiki-bar gathering — oblivious partygoers chatting and laughing around her — while she casually serves drinks from a tray beside a carved tiki idol, a small skull-adorned cup tucked discreetly among the refreshments. The tagline "The HIT of any party!" says it all, capturing the series' delicious tension between mid-century domestic charm and something far more dangerous lurking just beneath the surface. With Jones's beautifully retro linework and Laura Allred's vivid color palette, this issue looks every bit as stylish as the era it evokes.