Manifest Destiny #45

The frontier horror of Manifest Destiny reaches a fever pitch with issue #45, as Matthew Roberts delivers a striking black-and-white cover showing a massive winged creature descending from the sky, its clawed talons clutching a small human figure while a snarling, ape-like beast rears up in defiance from a rocky outcrop below. The stark, atmospheric rendering — all smoke and shadow — gives the confrontation an almost nightmarish weight that feels right at home in Chris Dingess and Roberts's monster-haunted reimagining of the Lewis and Clark expedition. If you've been following this Skybound series, issue #45 makes a compelling case that the wilderness has never looked more terrifying.