Star Wars #21

This striking issue kicks off "Book V, Part I: The Last Flight of the Harbinger" with a cover by David Aja that feels more like a tactical surveillance dossier than a standard comic page — a striking grid of panels rendered in stark black, grey, and red, putting Imperial Stormtroopers front and center in every frame. Close-up helmets, raised blasters, the bold Imperial crest, and ominous red spatters fill each panel with a sense of mounting Imperial menace. Writer Jason Aaron and artist Jorge Molina (with colors by Matt Milla) bring their storytelling to this 2016 Marvel series, and Aja's cover sets a genuinely tense, stylish tone for whatever the Harbinger has in store.