Stranger Things / D&D Crossover #3

This penultimate chapter of the Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons crossover series from Dark Horse and IDW delivers a cover that perfectly captures the dread at the heart of both properties — a dark, tentacled creature with horns and a gaping maw looms from the forest canopy above a party of adventurers, including a bearded warrior in golden armor and a robed figure wielding a glowing staff. Cover artist E. M. Gist renders the misty woodland scene with a painterly atmosphere that feels equally at home in the Upside Down or a classic D&D campaign setting. With Jody Houser and Jim Zub writing and Diego Galindo on interior art, this 2021 collaboration continues to be one of the more inspired genre mashups on shelves.