The Walking Dead #63

The cover of this 2009 Image Comics issue tells a quiet, chilling story with just a few carefully chosen details: two pairs of legs standing in snow, one figure holding a blood-streaked knife at their side, a rifle slung nearby, and a trail of bloody boot prints leading toward the viewer. It's the kind of restrained, atmospheric composition — courtesy of Charlie Adlard and Rob Guillory — that makes the threat feel immediate without showing a single face. "Fear the Hunters Part 2 of 5" promises that Robert Kirkman, Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn are deep into one of the series' most tension-soaked arcs, and that crimson trail in the snow says everything you need to know about the stakes.