Star Trek: Red Shirts #5

The tension behind Star Trek's most expendable uniform gets a darkly poetic treatment on this Cover A by Chris Shehan — a skeletal figure in a classic Starfleet red shirt sits amid scattered skulls, phaser in hand, staring out with an unsettling grin that says everything about the fate the title implies. It's a striking, painterly image that leans into the grim humor at the heart of this IDW series. With Christopher Cantwell writing and Megan Levens on art, issue #5 looks to keep delivering on that sharp, knowing premise.