No Mercy #12

The cover of this twelfth issue from Alex de Campi and Carla Speed McNeil is a striking image: a figure draped entirely in gold reclines on an ornate gilded throne, ringed by a sunburst halo of automatic rifles — a throne of guns that radiates both power and menace. A small pink card tucked at the figure's side adds a quietly unsettling detail to an otherwise brazen display of authority. It's the kind of arresting visual that makes No Mercy one of Image Comics' most compelling series of 2016.