Sheltered #4

Sheltered: A Pre-Apocalyptic Tale continues its unsettling survivalist story with issue #4, and Johnnie Christmas's cover makes an immediate impression — a snarling wolf looms over a bloodied skeleton, its jaws open wide and claws gripping bone, while a pack of dogs waits in the snowy background alongside what appear to be rifles. The image captures the series' cold, brutal tone perfectly, with Shari Chankhamma's muted winter palette punctuated by stark splashes of red. If the story inside matches the tension on display here, 2013 readers were in for something genuinely chilling.