Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta #23

Subtitled "The Darkest Before," this 2016 Image/Skybound issue of Outcast arrives at what feels like a pivotal, pressure-filled moment. Azaceta's cover is a visceral swirl of purple and blue — a single glowing hand thrust upward from a crush of writhing, desperate figures, radiating an eerie supernatural light against a burst of yellow. It's a striking image that captures the series' signature blend of dread and raw human struggle perfectly.