Terminator: Salvation Movie Prequel #2

Nick Runge's cover for this official Terminator Salvation movie prequel drops you right into the scorched hellscape of the machine war — a resistance fighter manning a rugged military vehicle as a blinding energy beam tears across a sky choked with smoke and burning ruins. The post-apocalyptic cityscape looming in the background gives the whole scene a desperate, siege-like intensity that sets the stage perfectly for "Sand in the Gears Part 2." If you're following the story leading into the 2009 film, this is a compelling piece of the larger puzzle.