Star Wars: Dark Times #5

A horned, reptilian alien warrior dominates this grim 2007 Dark Horse cover, leveling a blaster directly at the viewer against a backdrop of fire and smoke — exactly the kind of tense, survival-at-any-cost imagery the Dark Times series does so well. Douglas Wheatley's cover art gives the figure a weary, battle-hardened presence that fits perfectly with a story subtitled "The Path to Nowhere." This fifth and final chapter of the opening arc promises a culmination of the desperate struggles Wheatley, Harrison, and Pattison have been building since issue one.