Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #2

The cover by Derrick Chew makes an immediate impression: a towering Maul — red-skinned, horned, wreathed in a wall of fire and debris — looms over a rooftop confrontation between a gun-wielding man in a leather jacket and a hulking, armored alien adversary. The scale contrast alone crackles with tension, positioning Maul as an overwhelming, almost mythic threat hanging above the street-level chaos below. Serving as a prelude to an upcoming Disney+ show, this second chapter of Shadow of Maul — written by Benjamin Percy with art by Madibek Musabekov and colors by Luis Guerrero — looks like exactly the kind of Star Wars story that earns its gritty, stylized title.