Outer Darkness #9

John Layman and Afu Chan's sci-fi horror series delivers a visually striking cover for its ninth issue, with a menacing alien vessel — all fanged maw and ornate geometric detail — hurtling through a star-streaked void while an arsenal of swords, axes, spears, and exotic weapons radiates outward around it in every direction. The composition has an almost ceremonial intensity, that burst of blinding light at the center giving the whole scene a sense of cosmic ritual rather than pure carnage. If you've been following Outer Darkness through 2019, this cover promises the series is still swinging for something genuinely strange and ambitious.