The Walking Dead #116

Part two of the sprawling "All Out War" arc arrives with a cover that means business — a determined woman stands dead center, shotgun blazing, blood spattering the fiery orange background as menacing figures close in from either side. Charlie Adlard's cover work crackles with tension, capturing the brutal, high-stakes energy that made this twelve-chapter saga one of 2013's most ambitious storytelling efforts from Robert Kirkman and the team. If this image is any indication, the conflict has already reached a fever pitch by chapter two.