Runaways #29

This haunting cover by Jo Chen sets a heavy emotional tone for "Dead-End Kids, Part 5," depicting two distressed figures — a tearful young woman in goggles and an older, weathered man — clutching a framed photograph of a bespectacled girl between them. Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan are steering the Runaways through what the cover strongly suggests is a story steeped in grief and urgency. The warm, smoky palette and raw expressions make this 2008 installment feel genuinely affecting before you've even turned a page.