Supernatural: Origins #3

This WildStorm prequel to the hit CW series puts a young man at the center of a tense, atmospheric standoff — flanked on all sides by menacing figures, including a scarred, masked threat to his right and a heavily armed biker type to his left, while a table loaded with weapons and bottles fills the foreground. Ryan Sook's cover work bathes the scene in brooding reds and shadows, giving the whole thing a gritty, bar-room danger that feels true to the show's tone. With Peter Johnson writing and Matthew Dow Smith on interior art, Supernatural: Origins #3 (September 2007) keeps the Winchester mythology humming in comic form.