Star Wars: Target Vader #3

The third issue of this 2019 Marvel miniseries offers a cover — painted by Nic Klein — that puts the enormity of Darth Vader's helmeted presence front and center, while a battle-worn, scarred gunfighter bursts through a fiery explosion in the background, blaster in hand and caught mid-stride against the blazing wreckage. The composition is striking: Vader's helmet fills the foreground like an immovable wall of dark side menace, making the desperate charge of the figure behind him feel all the more audacious. With Thompson, Landini, and Menon bringing "The Trap" to life inside, this issue promises the kind of tense cat-and-mouse energy the series has been building toward.