Pretty Deadly: The Rat #5

The concluding chapter of Pretty Deadly: The Rat arrives with a cover that perfectly captures the series' brooding, mythic atmosphere — two silhouetted figures on horseback stand before a massive, gnarled dead tree as birds scatter into a warm amber sky. Emma Ríos's cover art renders the scene in stark, painterly shadow, evoking a Western folklore world where beauty and dread are always intertwined. With Kelly Sue DeConnick, Jordie Bellaire, and Clayton Cowles rounding out this creative team, this final issue promises a fitting close to one of Image's most hauntingly distinctive series.