The Terminator #3

The Terminator bears down on the viewer in this striking issue three of Dark Horse's 1990 series, his glowing red machine eyes locked forward as he levels a laser-sighted pistol directly at the reader — an image that makes the threat feel bracingly immediate. Chris Warner's cover pencils and inks deliver that cold, relentless menace the franchise is built on, with radiating lines and a deep purple backdrop amplifying the sense of danger closing in. Part three of "Tempest" promises the tension is only escalating.