The Deviant #7

The penultimate issue of James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixson's dark holiday thriller finds a lone figure hunched on the floor of a dimly lit room, surrounded by scattered papers and photographs pinned to the wall above — a makeshift investigation that feels desperate and deeply personal. Outside the window, a decorated Christmas tree glows against the night, its warm ornaments a quiet contrast to the police-tape barrier visible in the foreground. Hixson's moody, shadow-heavy artwork gives this "Christmas Story" a haunting intimacy that makes the season feel anything but safe.