Planetary #19

Planetary #19 brings Warren Ellis and John Cassaday back together for "Mystery in Space," and the cover sets a quietly haunting tone — a battered, cylindrical spacecraft tumbles in orbit, caught in what looks like a violent gravitational disturbance, with debris and ice crystals spiraling outward against the curve of a blue planet below. Cassaday's rendering of the stricken vessel is detailed and eerily still despite the chaos surrounding it, making you wonder exactly what happened up there. With Laura Martin's cool, deep-space palette pulling everything together, this 2004 WildStorm installment looks every bit as atmospheric as the series is known to be.