The Walking Dead #128

The cover of issue #128 pulls no punches: a decaying walker looms over a long-haired woman, its blood-dripping jaw snapping terrifyingly close to her face in a tight, visceral close-up against a searing orange background. The tagline — "After all this time, she should be more prepared" — adds a pointed, unsettling edge to the image. Charlie Adlard's stark linework captures the raw, unrelenting tension that has kept Robert Kirkman's series one of Image's most gripping ongoing titles through 2014.