The Walking Dead #8

The stark, wintry cover of this 2004 Image series entry — with cover art by Tony Moore — sets a quietly haunting tone: a lone, bundled figure stands rifle in hand amid snow-blanketed, skeletal trees, while the snow-covered form of what appears to be a fallen body lies nearby. The vast pale sky above dwarfs the solitary survivor, underscoring just how exposed and vulnerable humanity has become in Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's unflinching series. It's a desolate, beautifully spare image that captures the emotional weight this book carries issue after issue.