Star Wars #39

The second chapter of "The Ashes of Jedha" arrives with a striking cover by David Marquez — a close, unsettling portrait of a masked, cybernetically augmented figure whose hollow eyes and mechanical respirator fill the frame with quiet menace. Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca, and Guru-eFX continue their 2018 run on Marvel's flagship Star Wars series, and this kind of moody, character-focused cover signals that whoever lurks behind that mask carries real weight in the story ahead. If you've been following this arc, issue #39 looks like exactly the right moment to lean in.