Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #9

With three issues left in J. Michael Straczynski and Pete Woods' twelve-part saga, issue #9 promises escalating mechanical carnage on a cover that delivers exactly what its tagline advertises: "Machine vs. Machine… to the Death." Pete Woods renders a battle-scarred Terminator endoskeleton surging forward amid a backdrop of clashing machines, its outstretched hand crackling with energy while fellow skeletal combatants fill the chaos behind it. It's a visceral snapshot of a post-apocalyptic war where humanity's creations have turned on each other, and the penultimate stretch of this Dark Horse series is clearly pulling no punches.