Star Wars #18

Two women — one in a sleek white outfit with a blaster at her hip, the other in rugged gear with pilot's goggles and a red jacket — are shown mid-action, connected by a taut wire that pulls them toward each other in a tense, dynamic composition. The warm, sun-bleached palette and stripped-down staging give the cover a real sense of physical urgency, a credit to penciler and inker Leinil Francis Yu. Part of the "Rebel Jail" arc by Jason Aaron and Yu, this 2016 Marvel issue puts two compelling characters front and center in a way that makes it genuinely hard to set down.