Starstruck #12

Two fanged, goggle-eyed alien creatures loom menacingly over a woman reclining in what appears to be a bizarre, tube-laden sci-fi apparatus, one of the creatures clutching what looks like a tray of small objects — it's a wonderfully unsettling tableau that showcases Mike Kaluta's intricate, richly detailed linework brought to vivid life by Lee Moyer's lush coloring. The tagline "Where are those Girl Guides? Where could they have gone?" adds a sly, ominous undercurrent to the whole strange scene. With Elaine Lee's storytelling and Kaluta's artwork, Starstruck #12 remains one of 2010's most distinctive science-fantasy titles on the stands.