Star Wars: Target Vader #4

The fourth chapter of this 2019 Marvel series keeps the tension coiled tight, with Nic Klein's cover painting Darth Vader's imposing helmet looming in the foreground while an enormous dark hand reaches down from above — a striking image of power bearing down on everyone below. Three determined, battle-worn figures — one wrapped in head bandages and armed with a rifle, another with a partially cybernetic face, and a third in a domed helmet — stand their ground in the fiery red atmosphere, a lightsaber blade slashing across the lower edge. Writer Robbie Thompson and artist Stefano Landini, with colors by Neeraj Menon, Federico Blee, and Giada Marchisio, bring a mercenary crew face-to-face with the galaxy's most fearsome target in "The Shot.