Pretty Hate Machine #2

Mad Cave Studios' Pretty Hate Machine #2 wastes no time raising the stakes, as this cover depicts a young man in a jacket and sneakers dangling helplessly like a marionette, controlled by a massive, blood-soaked beast looming above him — knives in hand, fangs bared, and viscera trailing through the rain-slicked air. It's a viscerally striking image that captures a desperate power imbalance with real craft from the creative team of O'Nan, Seeley, La Marca, Stevens, and Sharpe. If issue one hooked you, this 2026 Mad Cave release makes a compelling visual case that the series is only getting darker.