Midnight Nation #11

J. Michael Straczynski's acclaimed series reaches its penultimate chapter with "The Wheel," and Gary Frank and Jonathan Sibal's cover captures the tension beautifully — a battered, shirtless man shields a young woman as massive, razor-sharp claws loom over them both against a cracked, rust-colored backdrop. The urgency in their expressions and the sheer scale of the threat closing in behind them make this one of the more gripping covers of the run's 2002 finale stretch.