Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #15

Tied into Marvel's 2021 "War of the Bounty Hunters" crossover event, this issue of Doctor Aphra promises exactly the kind of trouble its "Party Favors" subtitle hints at. Sara Pichelli's cover delivers a sharp, kinetic standoff between the goggle-and-aviator-cap-wearing Aphra — blades in hand — and a crimson-wrapped, masked opponent mid-kick, with scattered weapons filling the charged space between them. With Alyssa Wong writing and Minkyu Jung on interior art, this is a stylish entry point into one of Star Wars' most entertainingly unpredictable characters doing what she does best: surviving messy situations by the skin of her teeth.