The Zombie: Simon Garth #3

The penultimate chapter of this Marvel MAX limited series brings the grim world of Simon Garth to a fever pitch, as Kyle Hotz's cover depicts a visceral scene of undead figures amid dangling meat hooks and chains in what looks like a slaughterhouse setting. A zombie in torn clothing grips the chains overhead while another decomposed figure looms in the shadowy foreground, the whole image drenched in a sickly amber palette that amplifies the dread. Hotz handles both the writing and art throughout the series, and his cover here makes a compelling case for why this mature-readers title earns its explicit-content label.