Redlands #3

The Florida swamp has never felt so alive — or so threatening. Vanesa Del Rey's painterly cover for Redlands #3 pulls you deep into a murky cypress forest where a mass of alligators crowds the shallows, their ancient, armored bodies half-submerged and watchful beneath the dim canopy light. It's a quietly unsettling image that speaks to the series' Southern-Gothic atmosphere, and with Jordie Bellaire's rich, shadow-drenched color work unifying every dripping root and reptilian scale, this 2017 Image release is a genuinely beautiful piece of horror storytelling before you've even cracked the cover.