Mars Attacks #5

IDW's Mars Attacks #5 (2012) cranks up the chaos with a cover by John McCrea that drops you right into the carnage — a grizzled gunman and a warrior in traditional Native American dress stand their ground amid a battlefield littered with alien wreckage, while a massive Martian weapon blazes with blinding energy above them. The title alone — "What If Mars Attacks and the Humans Fight Back and Win?" — sets a gleefully defiant tone that matches every detail of McCrea's densely packed, blood-splattered scene. John Layman and McCrea bring real creative swagger to this series, and this issue looks like a full-throttle showcase of earthlings refusing to go quietly.