Vampirella: Southern Gothic #3

Vampirella trades her signature look for cowboy hat and jeans in this third chapter of Dynamite's 2013 Southern Gothic miniseries, and the cover makes a vivid case for the bayou-flavored direction. Against a blood-red sky, a battered, bloodied Vampirella stands her ground atop a writhing pile of grotesque creatures — clawed hands, monstrous horned figures — with a defiant reach toward the viewer that signals she's far from finished. It's a gritty, atmospheric image that leans hard into the Southern horror mood this series promises.