The Astounding Wolf-Man #16

The cover of issue #16 puts two fierce figures on a collision course mid-air — a snarling, silver-furred werewolf lunging with claws extended faces off against a determined, bloodied human adversary brandishing a blade, both tumbling through billowing smoke against a vivid blue sky. Jason Howard's linework crackles with kinetic energy, and the colors by FCO and Ivan Plascencia give the whole scene a sharp, urgent intensity. Robert Kirkman's The Astounding Wolf-Man continues to deliver the kind of high-stakes monster action that makes this 2009 Image series genuinely hard to put down.