Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #5

A galaxy teetering on the edge of conflict comes vividly to life on this cover, where a menacing array of armored and sinister-faced figures crowds the foreground beneath a sky torn apart by exploding starships and fiery space combat. Dominating the right side is a towering, robed alien figure with a wide-brimmed hat and piercing yellow eye, surveying the chaos alongside what appear to be battle-hardened warriors and a pale, unsettling humanoid. Harvey Tolibao and Kevin Tolibao's cover art makes the tagline "A Galaxy on the Verge of War!" feel entirely earned, setting a tense, high-stakes tone for Daniel José Older's story brought to color by Michael Atiyeh.