Shutter #3

Shutter #3 delivers one of 2014's most arresting Image covers, with Leila del Duca rendering protagonist Kate Kristopher wide-eyed and surrounded by fire, a vivid red salamander coiling around her neck while a bright red frog lurks near her elaborately curled hair — creatures of flame and chaos framing her unsettled expression beautifully. The warm amber tones, brought to life by Owen Gieni's colors, give the whole image an almost mythic, fever-dream quality that perfectly suits Joe Keatinge's adventurous series. If "El Abogado Tigre" sounds like a wild ride, this cover makes a compelling case that Shutter keeps delivering something genuinely unlike anything else on the shelf.