The Sword #7

The Luna Brothers deliver a deeply unsettling cover for this seventh issue of their creator-owned Image series, depicting two figures — a dark-haired figure with piercing blue eyes gripping a red-haired woman whose expression radiates terror — both splattered with blood as feathers swirl around them in a stormy atmosphere. Jonathan Luna's linework renders the tension between the two with an almost suffocating intimacy, the woman's wide, bloodshot eyes pulling you straight into the dread. If you've been following The Sword, this 2008 installment promises the kind of visceral, emotionally charged storytelling the series has built its reputation on.