Mars Attacks #3

Three bug-eyed Martian invaders advance through a blazing, smoke-filled cityscape on Francesco Francavilla's cover for this 2018 Dynamite series, ray guns leveled and flying saucers wheeling overhead — it's a confident homage to the pulpy sci-fi trading card art that made Mars Attacks a cultural institution. Subtitled "The Invasion Begins," issue #3 captures exactly the kind of gleeful, retro-tinged menace that makes this franchise so enduringly fun, and Francavilla's warm, fiery palette gives the whole scene a wonderfully sinister glow.