The Walking Dead #4

Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's post-apocalyptic survival series reaches its fourth chapter, and this cover says everything without a word: a blood-slicked handgun hangs from a survivor's fist in the foreground while a teeming horde of decayed, lurching zombies fills the streets of a crumbling city behind them. The image is restrained and visceral at once — Moore's linework on the undead crowd is meticulous, each rotting figure distinct amid the eerie urban haze. If you've been following this series since 2004, issue #4 makes clear that the world these characters navigate is only getting more unforgiving.