Terror, Inc. #3

The third chapter of Marvel MAX's five-part Terror, Inc. limited series brings David Lapham, Patrick Zircher, and June Chung's gritty vision to its midpoint with real momentum. Jelena Kevic Djurdjevic's cover painting sets an appropriately menacing tone: a heavily built, disfigured figure in a white t-shirt and holstered sidearm stands in a darkened industrial space, a large vault-like hatch glowing behind him as he raises a clenched fist and grips a firearm. It's the kind of brooding, atmospheric image that fits perfectly within the uncompromising world Marvel's MAX imprint carved out for mature readers in 2007.