Rat Queens #3

Roc Upchurch's cover for issue three plunges all four Rat Queens into a chaotic brawl, with a blonde, pointed-eared fighter leaping blade-first at the center while her companions — a red-haired warrior, a dark-skinned fighter, and a tattooed elf wielding a glowing wand — hold their own against a press of large, monstrous figures closing in from every side. The deep crimson backdrop and flecks of blood splatter give the whole scene an urgent, kinetic energy that Kurtis J. Wiebe and Upchurch were already making feel distinctly their own by 2013. If you love fantasy action with a scrappy, irreverent edge, this is exactly the kind of cover that earns a series its devoted following.