The Stand: Captain Trips #3

Marvel's adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand hits its third installment of the Captain Trips arc, and Lee Bermejo's cover sets an immediately tense, road-worn mood. Two desperate, rough-looking figures crowd the interior of a car at a fiery sunset — the passenger thrusting a revolver toward the viewer while the driver grips the wheel, a fast-food drink sitting almost absurdly calm in the cupholder between them. With Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa scripting and Mike Perkins and Laura Martin bringing King's post-apocalyptic world to life inside, this 2009 series continues to be a faithful and visually striking companion to one of horror fiction's most enduring stories.