Monstress #55

Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's award-winning series continues with issue #55, and Takeda's cover art is as breathtaking as ever — two figures press close together, their dark hair flowing into coiling, eye-studded tentacles that spiral across an intricate botanical background, while dark wings unfurl behind them and a ghostly winged form looms above. The sense of intimacy and dread woven into a single image is exactly what makes Monstress one of the most visually ambitious books in comics today.