Speak of the Devil #5

The penultimate chapter of Gilbert Hernandez's six-part Dark Horse series arrives with a cover that pulses with quiet menace — a smirking man in a blue shirt holds a cigarette while a blonde woman clutches a blood-dripping knife, blood spattering the wall behind them, as a startled dark-haired woman presses against that same wall in alarm. Hernandez's clean, deceptively casual linework makes the suburban dread feel all the more unsettling, balancing dark humor and genuine danger in a single charged image. If you've been following this series, issue five promises the tension is heading somewhere you won't want to look away from.