The Walking Dead #47

Against a stark crimson background, a long-haired woman kneels on the ground, hands pressed to her face in what looks like anguish or shock, debris scattering around her — while a shotgun barrel intrudes from the upper corner, lending the scene an immediate, unsettling tension. Charlie Adlard's stark black-and-white linework makes every emotion land with raw, unflinching weight. This 2008 Image Comics entry in Kirkman and Adlard's post-apocalyptic saga promises the kind of gut-punch moment that keeps readers coming back.