The Walking Dead #23

The Walking Dead #23 delivers one of the series' most viscerally striking covers, with Tony Moore's cover art presenting a battered, blood-soaked man — hands pressed to his bloodied face — set against a prison watchtower backdrop that anchors the story's ongoing setting. The raw intensity of that single figure, drenched in crimson against the stark daylight, speaks volumes about the brutal stakes Kirkman and Adlard have built in this world. If you've been following the prison arc, this 2005 Image Comics installment looks like essential reading.