Raven: Daughter of Darkness #8

Issue eight of this 12-part miniseries finds Raven crouching protectively over the fallen Skye — a blonde hero in a pink-and-blue costume who lies unconscious on a desolate, rocky landscape — while Raven channels crackling pink energy from one outstretched hand toward a horde of shadowy, red-eyed figures closing in through a fiery, smoke-filled sky. Cully Hamner's cover composition strikes a sharp balance between vulnerability and defiance, with Raven's feathered cloak and jeweled clasps giving her a commanding presence even as the odds stack against her. Writer Marv Wolfman and artist Pop Mhan continue their dark supernatural saga, and that cover tagline — "Skye Mauled!" — makes it clear the stakes in 2018 have never felt more personal.