Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin #2

Darth Vader fills this Dark Horse cover with unmistakable menace — lightsaber ignited in one armored hand and the other outstretched in a Force-ready grip, framed by the sweeping circular architecture of an Imperial corridor. Ariel Olivetti's cover art captures the Dark Lord at his most imposing, and the tagline "Don't Mess with the Empire!" says everything you need to know about the tone of "Part Two." With Tim Siedell writing and Stephen Thompson on interior art, this five-issue miniseries keeps the tension tightly wound around its intriguing premise.