The Walking Dead #178

Part four of the "New World Order" arc finds The Walking Dead in bold, tension-filled territory, with a defiant young woman in a pink fur coat and goggles — weapons in hand — surrounded and pressed in on all sides by armored soldiers in white-and-red gear. The cover, penciled and inked by Charlie Adlard, captures a genuinely gripping standoff: she's outnumbered but clearly not backing down. Kirkman, Adlard, Gaudiano, and Rathburn are firing on all cylinders heading into the back half of this six-part story.